- informing, ratting - to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
--1 is a kind of disclosure, revelation, revealing
Derived form: verb inform3 - informing, making known - a speech act that conveys information
--2 is a kind of speech act
--2 has particulars:telling, apprisal, notification; revelation; presentation, introduction, intro; briefing; report, account; warning Derived form: verb inform1
- inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"
--1 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun information2, noun information1, noun information3, noun informant2, noun informant1, noun informing2
Somebody ----s PP
- inform - give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- inform - act as an informer; "She had informed on her own parents for years"
--3 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun informer1, noun informing1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- inform - act as an informer; "She had informed on her own parents for years"