Informing
adj, verb
adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 a speech act that conveys information wordnet
- 2 to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of inform form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 informative; educational archaic
"Mr. Riach, who had been to the college, spoke to me like a friend when he was not sulking, and told me many curious things, and some that were informing; and even the captain, though he kept me at the stick’s end the most part of the time, would sometimes unbuckle a bit, and tell me of the fine countries he had visited."
Example
More examples"My old friend wrote to me, informing me of his return from abroad."