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brief

 
 
/briːf/ verb [T]

Translation

to give someone instructions or information
kısa bilgi vermek, özetlemek
[often passive] At the meeting reporters were briefed on the plans.11521124
(Definition of brief verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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