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DEBRIEF
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they debrief ... he / she / it debriefs
Past simple: debriefed
-ing form: debriefing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put someone through a debriefing and make him report
Example:
The released hostages were debriefed
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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)