English > inform: 3 senses > verb 1, communicationMeaning | Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
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Example | "I informed him of his rights" |
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Narrower | acquaint | inform |
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advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize | Inform (somebody) of something |
announce, denote | make known |
denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag | give away information about somebody |
disabuse | Free somebody (from an erroneous belief) |
explain, explicate | make plain and comprehensible |
familiarize, familiarise, acquaint | make familiar or conversant with |
fill in | Supply with information on a specific topic |
indicate | To state or express briefly |
indicate, point, designate, show | Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing |
indicate | Suggest the necessity of an intervention |
inform | act as an informer |
inoculate | introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of |
instruct, apprise, apprize | make aware of |
introduce, present, acquaint | Cause to come to know personally |
misinform, mislead | Give false / false or misleading information to |
nark | inform or spy (for the police) |
narrate | Provide commentary for a film, for example |
prompt, remind, cue | assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned |
regret | Express with regret |
remonstrate, point out | Present and urge reasons in opposition |
report, describe, account | To give an account or representation of in words |
report | make known to the authorities |
report, cover | Be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism |
teach, learn, instruct | Impart skills or knowledge to |
tell | Let something be known |
tell, narrate, recount, recite | narrate or give a detailed account of |
testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show | Provide evidence for |
undeceive | Free from deception or illusion |
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay | represent as less significant or important |
update | bring up to date |
volunteer | tell voluntarily |
warn | notify of danger / danger, potential harm, or risk |
warn | notify, usually in advance |
wise up | Cause someone to become aware of something |
Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
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Spanish | advertir, anunciar, avisar, comunicar, dar información, informar |
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Catalan | avisar, comunicar, informar |
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Adjectives | informative, informatory | providing or conveying information |
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informative | tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance |
informative | serving to instruct or enlighten or inform |
Nouns | informant | a person who supplies information |
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informant | someone who sees an event and reports what happened |
information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
information | a message received and understood |
information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn |
informing | a speech act that conveys information |