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inform
1[ in-fawrm ]
verb (used with object)
- to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to:
He informed them of his arrival.
- to supply (oneself) with knowledge of a matter or subject:
She informed herself of all the pertinent facts.
Synonyms: acquaint
- to give evident substance, character, or distinction to; pervade or permeate with manifest effect:
A love of nature informed his writing.
- to animate or inspire.
- Obsolete.
- to train or instruct.
- to make known; disclose.
- to give or impart form to.
verb (used without object)
- to give information; supply knowledge or enlightenment:
a magazine that entertains more than it informs.
verb phrase
- to furnish incriminating evidence about (someone) to an authority, prosecuting officer, etc.:
He informed on his accomplices.
inform
2[ in-fawrm ]
adjective
- without form; formless.
inform
1/ ɪnˈfɔːm; ɪnˈfɔːmɪdlɪ /
verb
- tr; often foll by of or about to give information to; tell
- tr; often foll by of or about to make conversant (with)
- intr; often foll by against or on to give information regarding criminals, as to the police, etc
- to give form to
- to impart some essential or formative characteristic to
- tr to animate or inspire
- obsolete.tr
- to train or educate
- to report
inform
2/ ɪnˈfɔːm /
adjective
- archaic.without shape; unformed
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Derived Forms
- informedly, adverb
- inˈformable, adjective
- inˈformingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- in·forma·ble adjective
- in·forming·ly adverb
- half-in·forming adjective
- half-in·forming·ly adverb
- unin·forming adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inform1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
He informed them that he was a student and received results back pretty quickly, within two days, before getting on the plane.
Had she been informed of what was being done with regard to her fallopian tubes, she would have been able to respond fairly to that.
Instead, the doctor informed her that he had also removed one of her fallopian tubes and that she could expect to have difficulty conceiving if she wanted to have more children.
Its comprehensive report, released in 2018, informed my research and the list below.
Soon the prestigious Wellesley College informed her that it had put her on the waitlist for admission.
How did your start as a book reviewer inform the personal essayist you became?
The daily message of that outsized shield to Ramos was that just wearing the NYPD inform can make you a target.
How does a complicated ethnic background inform someone's experiences?
We kindly inform these little jokers with the dubious jokes that they risk judicial proceedings they may not find funny at all.
I would like to inform everyone not to take the page too seriously, we are not trying to promote anything.
That alone is being sent to your Majesty as a report, in order to inform you of everything, as is my duty.
He has a packet in his possession, that will inform Louis de Montemar of the fate of his father.
He instructed the black woman to go at once and inform Madame Lebrun that Mrs. Pontellier desired to see her.
I shall be short in this letter, because I know but little as yet, and that little I expect Mr. Page will inform you.
Perhaps in a day or two I shall hear something about it; I would thank you to inform me should you know anything about it.
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