Definition of Inform
Inform
in·form


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(verb)
To give knowledge or information to someone about something.

e.g. The teacher will inform the students about the upcoming exam.

(verb)
to communicate with the police or some other authority and offer them incriminating information about someone (usually used as "inform on");

e.g. She threatened to inform on them if they didn't stop immediately.

(verb)
to be a basic principle or essential quality of something;

e.g. These ideas inform much of the artist's best work.



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