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INFORMING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A speech act that conveys information
Synonyms:
informing; making known
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("informing" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "informing"):
apprisal; notification; telling (informing by words)
divine revelation; revelation (communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency)
intro; introduction; presentation (formally making a person known to another or to the public)
briefing (detailed instructions, as for a military operation)
account; report (the act of informing by verbal report)
warning (a message informing of danger)
Derivation:
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
To furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
Synonyms:
informing; ratting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("informing" is a kind of...):
disclosure; revealing; revelation (the speech act of making something evident)
Derivation:
inform (act as an informer)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb inform
Context examples:
On the inspector of constabulary informing him that he was a prisoner, he remarked that he was not surprised to hear it, and that it was no more than his deserts.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The researchers hope this information can help reduce loss of global biodiversity by informing conservation actions that include consideration of the effects of climate change.
(Nearly 40% of plant species are very rare, and vulnerable to climate change, National Science Foundation)
Informing by words.
(Notification, NCI Thesaurus)
Our ultimate hope is that the results of our experiments will help patients recover from the paralyzing effects caused by strokes and other neurological injuries by informing the strategies they use to ‘relearn’ lost skills.
(Brains may use short rest periods to strengthen memories, National Institutes of Health)
But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy, by the frequent want of one or more of these requisites, prevented their doing more than going through the first rudiments of an acquaintance, by informing themselves how well the other liked Bath, how much she admired its buildings and surrounding country, whether she drew, or played, or sang, and whether she was fond of riding on horseback.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Susan, she found, looked up to her and wished for her good opinion; and new as anything like an office of authority was to Fanny, new as it was to imagine herself capable of guiding or informing any one, she did resolve to give occasional hints to Susan, and endeavour to exercise for her advantage the juster notions of what was due to everybody, and what would be wisest for herself, which her own more favoured education had fixed in her.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
But, his joy received a sudden check; for within five minutes, he returned in the custody of a sheriff “s officer, informing us, in a flood of tears, that all was lost. We, being quite prepared for this event, which was of course a proceeding of Uriah Heep's, soon paid the money; and in five minutes more Mr. Micawber was seated at the table, filling up the stamps with an expression of perfect joy, which only that congenial employment, or the making of punch, could impart in full completeness to his shining face. To see him at work on the stamps, with the relish of an artist, touching them like pictures, looking at them sideways, taking weighty notes of dates and amounts in his pocket-book, and contemplating them when finished, with a high sense of their precious value, was a sight indeed.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
After sitting a few minutes, they were all sent to one of the windows to admire the view, Mr. Collins attending them to point out its beauties, and Lady Catherine kindly informing them that it was much better worth looking at in the summer.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Mrs. Ferrars, not aware of their being Elinor's work, particularly requested to look at them; and after they had received gratifying testimony of Lady Middletons's approbation, Fanny presented them to her mother, considerately informing her, at the same time, that they were done by Miss Dashwood.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It was a short, formal letter, signed by the office editor, merely informing him that an anonymous letter which they had received was enclosed, and that he could rest assured the Outview's staff never under any circumstances gave consideration to anonymous correspondence.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
