The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.
1) the giving of preparatory instructions, information or advice; 2) a meeting at which such instructions, information or advice is presented; 3) a briefing document is one which contains such instructions, information or advice
Held immediately before the start of each class to enable the judge to announce the course time, identify the start/finish points and any special requirements for the course In special classes any variation from standard marking must be explained
Discussing how you will implement plans for the next shift or deal with an incident
A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something. They're holding a press briefing tomorrow Security staff did not then receive any briefing before they started each shift. see also brief. information or instructions that you get before you have to do something
Typically the process of orienting data collection personnel (interviewers) on a new project
A meeting held by the Director for the purpose of giving instructions, and attended by competitors, officials and observers See GENERAL BRIEFING and TASK BRIEFINGS
A meeting in which a client and researcher discuss the client's information needs so that the most appropriate research methodology can be recommended