Informing

adj, verb

adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a speech act that conveys information wordnet
  2. 2
    to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of inform form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 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."

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