inform

Definition

  • verb: to give information to (someone)
  • verb: to give material form to
  • synonyms: shapeless, ugly, deformed

Examples

  • Frequent reports from the battlefield kept the general 'informed' about how the attack was progressing.

  • Despite pressure from the police he refused to 'inform on' the other conspirators.

  • I am sorry to have to 'inform' [='tell'] you that your flight has been delayed.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) o' the other senses. Or else worth all the rest. I see thee still. There's no such thing. It is the bloody business which informs thus to mine eyes. Now, o'er the one half-world, nature seems dead and wicked dreams abuse the curtained sleep. Witchcraft celebrates (..)
    2015 Macbeth