"debrief" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /diːˈbɹiːf/ Forms: debriefs [present, singular, third-person], debriefing [participle, present], debriefed [participle, past], debriefed [past]
Rhymes: -iːf Etymology: de- + brief. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|brief#Verb}} de- + brief Head templates: {{en-verb}} debrief (third-person singular simple present debriefs, present participle debriefing, simple past and past participle debriefed)
  1. (transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence). Tags: transitive Translations (to question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence): débriefer (French), (eingehend) befragen (German), kihallgat (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-debrief-en-verb-HPrNi4JK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 38 17 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 44 35 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 42 36 22 Disambiguation of 'to question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence': 61 38 2
  2. (transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc. Tags: transitive Translations (to question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc.): nachbesprechen (German), kikérdez (Hungarian), kifaggat (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-debrief-en-verb-74Ur3f38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 38 17 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 42 36 22 Disambiguation of 'to question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc.': 33 66 1
  3. (transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner. Tags: transitive Translations (to inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner): (eingehend) unterrichten (German), értékel (Hungarian), kiértékel (Hungarian), fare il punto (Italian), fare un bilancio (Italian)
    Sense id: en-debrief-en-verb-n7RwAsCH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 38 17 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 42 36 22 Disambiguation of 'to inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner': 3 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: debriefing [noun]

Inflected forms

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