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# inform

verb (inform, informs, informed, informing)

«inform» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To tell someone facts or news, especially officially. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/#m1)
2. inform on someone: to tell the police or a person in charge about something wrong someone did. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school and safety: "inform a teacher if you feel unwell". In letters: "we are pleased to inform you". Phrases: keep someone informed, inform on, well informed.

### Examples

- Please inform your teacher if you are going to be absent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/#x1)
- We are pleased to inform you that you have won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/#x2)
- The pilot informed us that we would land soon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/#x3)
- Keep me informed about the plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/#x4)
- He informed on the robbers to the police. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/#x5)
- She is well informed about dinosaurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/#x6)
- The Queen hastened to inform the King her husband, and the wedding took place on the spot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: informed. Noun: information (uncountable: "some information", not "an information" or "informations"). "Inform" is more formal than "tell".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inform» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inform» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inform.html) on Mova free.