inform
verb (used with object)
to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to.
informing
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present participleof inform.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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For the next two hours, anchors and reporters covered the story while informing viewers of a grim fact: The station had lost contact with its Chopper 4 crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
“If they were serious about informing people about how to save lives, they would put the Heimlich maneuver on top of their website.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The findings suggest that studying the genetics of personality could have implications well beyond psychology, potentially informing research in medicine, health, education and the workplace.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Instead, we cut to rehearsals for the comeback tour, with a caption informing us the brothers "didn't speak for 15 years", and an implication that all the wounds have been miraculously healed.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Then a message flashed on my display, informing me that Shoto’s name had just disappeared from the Scoreboard.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
