inform
Verb
Verb Forms: informed, informing, informs
- To give facts or information to someone.
- impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
- "I informed him of his rights"
- give character or essence to
- "The principles that inform modern teaching"
- act as an informer
- "She had informed on her own parents for years"
- To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
- To communicate knowledge to.
- To impart information or knowledge.
- To act as an informer; denounce.
- To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).
- To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
- To direct, guide.
- To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
Adj
- Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Examples
- Don't forget the code of ethics that informs this profession.
- His sense of religion informs everything he writes.
- I tried to inform my opponent of the rules, but they just kept playing illegal words.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in- + form.
Synonyms
acquaint, advise, apprise, dob, enlighten, impart, inform, keep informed, let know, materialize, name names, notify, peach, snitch, take shape, tell
Scrabble Score: 11
inform: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinform: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inform: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary