inform

1. Impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to (synset 200833312)
   "I informed him of his rights"
   is a type of: communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings
   subtypes:

   • wise up - cause someone to become aware of something
   • instruct, learn, teach - impart skills or knowledge to
   • apprise, apprize, instruct - make aware of
   • inoculate - introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
   • acquaint - inform
   • warn - notify, usually in advance
   • inform - act as an informer
   • fill in - supply with information on a specific topic
   • update - bring up to date; supply with recent information
   • misinform, mislead - give false or misleading information to
   • downplay, minimise, minimize, understate - represent as less significant or important
   • betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on - give away information about somebody
   • undeceive - free from deception or illusion
   • warn - notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
   • advise, apprise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word - inform (somebody) of something
   • acquaint, familiarise, familiarize - make familiar or conversant with
   • cue, prompt, remind - assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
   • volunteer - tell voluntarily
   • acquaint, introduce, present - cause to come to know personally
   • regret - express with regret
   • designate, indicate, point, show - indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
   • indicate - to state or express briefly
   • indicate - suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
   • nark - inform or spy (for the police)
   • explain, explicate - make plain and comprehensible
   • tell - let something be known
   • narrate, recite, recount, tell - narrate or give a detailed account of
   • narrate - provide commentary for a film, for example
   • account, describe, report - to give an account or representation of in words
   • report - make known to the authorities
   • cover, report - be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
   • announce, denote - make known; make an announcement
   • disabuse - free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
   • point out, remonstrate - present and urge reasons in opposition
   • bear witness, evidence, prove, show, testify - provide evidence for
2. Give character or essence to (synset 200523693)
   "The principles that inform modern teaching"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
3. Act as an informer (synset 200834860)
   "She had informed on her own parents for years"
   is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to
   subtypes: evidence, tell - give evidence

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