briefing

/ˈbɹiːfɪŋ/noun

A short meeting held to update people on a situation, often just before an important task or mission begins.

Example sentences

“The pilots attended a briefing about the weather before takeoff.”
“The coach gave the team a short briefing before they ran onto the field.”

Standard in government and military English: a press briefing, a security briefing. The session afterward is a debriefing.

Synonyms for briefing

update
rundown

Related words

presentationA talk in which someone gives information about a subject to a group of people, often using slides.workflowThe sequence of steps followed to get a piece of work done.agendaA list of matters to be discussed or dealt with, arranged in order.assignmentThe act of handing out a job or duties, or the task that is given.supervisorSomeone whose job is to watch over and direct the work of other people or of an operation.feedbackComments and judgments about how well something was done, given to help improve it.