Briefing and Interview

Briefing

Briefing noun - Detailed instructions, as for a military operation.

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Interview and briefing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Interview" instead a noun "Briefing".

Nearby Words: brief, briefed, briefer

Interview noun - The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists.

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Briefing and interview are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Briefing" instead a noun "Interview".

full	full briefing	full interview
special	special briefing	special interview
short	short briefing	short interview
complete	complete briefing	complete interview
Other adjectives: standard, fake, initial, actual, real, extensive, important, early, final, later, official, next, recorded, taped.

Criminal Minds does this a lot to cut down on time during briefing or interview scenes.

Source: Two Scenes, One Dialogue
Flashman's mad polyglot skills let him down in Royal Flash, though, where he has to impersonate someone who speaks several languages including Danish, which is obscure and difficult enough that his hasty briefing in it can't see him through a short interview with a native Danish speaker.

Source: Cunning Linguist

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