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DEBRIEF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does debrief mean?
• DEBRIEF (verb)
The verb DEBRIEF has 1 sense:
1. put someone through a debriefing and make him report
Familiarity information: DEBRIEF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they debrief ... he / she / it debriefs
Past simple: debriefed
Past participle: debriefed
-ing form: debriefing
... he / she / it debriefs Past simple: debriefed
Past participle: debriefed
-ing form: debriefing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put someone through a debriefing and make him report
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The released hostages were debriefed
Hypernyms (to "debrief" is one way to...):
query; question (pose a question)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
debriefing (report of a mission or task)
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