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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. notification
  2. informing
  3. notifying
  4. advising
  5. telling
  6. instructing
Noun
  • Visitors received multiple air raid alert notifications on their phones throughout the weekend.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • The victims have not been publicly identified pending notification of their families.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of notification
Verb
  • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent a letter Tuesday informing Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown of the decision, citing Anthropic’s close coordination and cooperation with government officials to address risks associated with its models.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • On May 14, a day after students created a San José State University for Gaza encampment, university officials sent a letter to Kil informing her she had been placed on administrative leave.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of informing
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
  • Officials are advising anyone who experienced a water outage or low water pressure in the affected area to boil tap water before using it for drinking, cooking, preparing baby food or brushing their teeth.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Google leader Sundar Pichai has cautioned that no career path is fully protected from AI’s disruption, advising professionals to take matters into their own hands.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Definition of advising
Verb
  • Few would dispute that on average or even at the median, males may be bigger and more powerful than females, or that in certain contact sports the difference may be telling and on occasion dangerous.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Harry's team had a different version of events, however, telling the BBC that the offer was withdrawn by the palace after it had already been accepted by the duke, further fueling the confusion.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of telling
Verb
  • Scam warning signs A caller instructing a person not to tell their friends or family about a problem is a big warning sign that the caller has malicious intent, scam experts say.
    — Ella Moore July 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • These makers are much more reticent about the risks of blurring the once fine line between browsing sites and asking a large language model a question or instructing it to take potentially sensitive actions.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
Definition of instructing

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