inform

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to (Freq. 46)
- I informed him of his rights
• Derivationally related forms:
informative, informatory, information, informant, informing
• Hypernyms:
communicate, intercommunicate
• Hyponyms:
wise up, teach, learn, instruct, apprise,
apprize, inoculate, acquaint, warn, fill in, update,
misinform, mislead, understate, minimize, minimise, downplay,
denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass,
shit, shop, snitch, stag, undeceive, advise,
notify, give notice, send word, familiarize, familiarise, prompt,
remind, cue, volunteer, introduce, present, regret,
indicate, point, designate, show, suggest, nark,
explain, explicate, tell, narrate, recount, recite,
report, describe, account, cover, announce, denote,
denote, remonstrate, point out, testify, bear witness,
prove, evidence
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. give character or essence to (Freq. 2)
- The principles that inform modern teaching
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. act as an informer (Freq. 1)
- She had informed on her own parents for years
• Derivationally related forms:
informer, informing
• Hyponyms:
tell, evidence
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP