inform
//ɪnˈfɔɹm//
Forms
- present (v1)
- inform
- past (v2)
- informed
- past participle (v3)
- informed
- present participle
- informing
- 3rd person singular
- informs
Definitions
1.To communicate knowledge to.
- I am informed thoroughly of the cause.
- For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily.
2.To impart information or knowledge.
3.To act as an informer; denounce.
4.To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).
- His sense of religion informs everything he writes.
1.Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2129
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
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.