briefed
Given the lowdown
Briefed is the past tense of brief, meaning to give someone essential information or instructions before a task or event.
Officials brief reporters, lawyers brief clients, commanders brief troops: The ambassador was briefed before the meeting.
To be briefed is to be brought up to speed on what you need to know.
Told of something
- apprisedGave pertinent information
- advisedGave guidance to
- toldCommunicated verbally
- alertedGave advance notice
updated · filled in · clued in · acquainted · enlightened · informed · aware · cognizant
Restricted from disclosure
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
- MI6UK espionage agency
- operativeCovert field agent
agent · dossier · intel · reconnaissance · counterintelligence · surveillance · intercept · covert
Formal display to viewers
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- agendaFormal discussion list
executive · summary · PowerPoint · rundown · update · report · handout · talking points
Authoritative instruction given
- tacticalStrategically planned
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
- missionPurpose-driven task
deployment · sitrep · combat · headquarters · battalion · squadron · platoon · orders
Expert guidance offered
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- caseContainer or instance
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
deposition · testimony · litigation · trial · witness · affidavit · client · proceedings
notified
Told of something
alerted · updated · filled in · clued in · acquainted · enlightened · informed · aware · cognizant · conscious
classified
Restricted from disclosure
operative · agent · dossier · intel · reconnaissance · counterintelligence · surveillance · intercept · covert · mission
presentation
Formal display to viewers
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
agenda · executive · summary · PowerPoint · rundown · update · report · handout · talking points · attendees
command
Authoritative instruction given
- tacticalStrategically planned
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
- operationsPlanned systematic activities
mission · deployment · sitrep · combat · headquarters · battalion · squadron · platoon · orders · objective
counsel
Expert guidance offered
court · deposition · testimony · litigation · trial · witness · affidavit · client · proceedings · evidence
briefeduninformed
Lacking necessary knowledge
kept in the dark · left out · deceived · misled · misinformed
briefedunbriefed
Not given prior information
unprepared · unaware · uninstructed · in the dark · unadvised
- in briefUsing minimal words
- boxer briefsFitted hybrid undergarment
- brief momentVery short duration
- legal briefWritten court argument
- brief recap
- brief pause
brief, briefly, briefs, briefing, briefcase, debrief, briefings, briefer, debriefing