| query | If someone i______ on a person, they give information about the person to the police or another authority, which causes the person to be suspected or proved guilty of doing something bad .If someone informs on a person, they give information about the person to the police or another authority, which causes the person to be suspected or proved guilty of doing something bad . Somebody must have informed on us. Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates. |
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| word | inform |
| full-definition | verb If you inform someone of something, you tell them about it. They would inform him of any progress they had made. My daughter informed me that she was pregnant. 'I just added a little soy sauce,' he informs us. If someone informs on a person, they give information about the person to the police or another authority, which causes the person to be suspected or proved guilty of doing something bad . Somebody must have informed on us. Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates. If a situation or activity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is very noticeable in it. All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension. The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work. |
| inflections | informsinforminginformed |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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