inform

«inform» in Mova's school dictionary: To tell someone facts or news, especially officially — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (inform, informs, informed, informing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To tell someone facts or news, especially officially. tree →

2) inform on someone: to tell the police or a person in charge about something wrong someone did. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and safety: "inform a teacher if you feel unwell". In letters: "we are pleased to inform you". Phrases: keep someone informed, inform on, well informed.

examples

• Please inform your teacher if you are going to be absent. tree →
• We are pleased to inform you that you have won. tree →
• The pilot informed us that we would land soon. tree →
• Keep me informed about the plan. tree →
• He informed on the robbers to the police. tree →
• She is well informed about dinosaurs. tree →
• The Queen hastened to inform the King her husband, and the wedding took place on the spot. tree →

note

Regular verb: informed. Noun: information (uncountable: "some information", not "an information" or "informations"). "Inform" is more formal than "tell".

In the corpora

• Adding -tion often turns a verb into a noun: inform, information.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «inform» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.