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noun

as in informing

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verb

present participle of apprise
as in advising
to give information to let me apprise you of the current situation

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Recent Examples of apprising
Verb
The White House team is required to file a report apprising the court of the status of their compliance within 21 days after the date the order takes effect. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprising
  1. informing
  2. advising
  3. notification
  4. telling
  5. notifying
  6. instructing
Noun
  • Katrina was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, false informing and failure to report a corpse, while Hopkins was also charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and failure to report a corpse.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • The councilmember then called out Bass for working with a communications consultant who was simultaneously advising her and Lineage, the company whose warehouse burned in Boyle Heights in June.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Crossing guards are advising students on e-bikes who were unaware of the new rule to check in at the office.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of advising
Noun
  • This includes a blood pressure check, similar to Apple’s Hypertension notifications, as well as monitoring for insulin resistance.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The Sun Sentinel received a notification from Google on July 29 that a report had been filed accusing the newspaper of copyright infringement.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of notification
Verb
  • Florian Maurice, the former Rennes technical director, is telling a story about Jeremy Jacquet and how the Frenchman was destined for the top.
    — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Or, at least, for the first time since the start of the war, some analysts on Wall Street might at least be willing to consider that the administration may be telling the truth about the state of the oil market.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of telling
Noun
  • But at Disneyland on Friday, vacationers in matching T-shirts, toddlers in princess dresses and mouse-eared parents pushing strollers made their way through security checkpoints giving little attention to signs posted nearby notifying guests of the theme park’s new facial recognition policy.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • However, in the immediate aftermath of a spouse’s death, priorities should be limited to the essentials, Cox said — such as ensuring access to cash, notifying institutions, paying ongoing bills and claiming benefits (from, say, life insurance).
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of notifying
Verb
  • Investigators located an email sent from Bailey instructing Roell to change his name to successfully pass background checks to be hired in Forney, Raybould said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The country's National Development and Reform Commission issued its decision in April, instructing the parties to withdraw the transaction.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of instructing

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