Choose the Right Synonym for apprise

inform, acquaint, apprise, notify mean to make one aware of something. inform implies the imparting of knowledge especially of facts or occurrences. informed us of the crisis acquaint lays stress on introducing to or familiarizing with. acquaint yourself with the keyboard apprise implies communicating something of special interest or importance. keep us apprised of the situation notify implies sending notice of something requiring attention or demanding action. notified the witness when to appear

Examples of apprise in a Sentence

let me apprise you of the current situation

Recent Examples on the Web Like the time that Trump tried to apprise the media of his nickname for the adult film actress Stormy Daniels. — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021 Besides simply asking users to upgrade, the push notification should apprise users of the importance of the new update. — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 Mason addressed Harsin and the team on Friday to apprise them of the situation. — Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 22 Jan. 2022 The lawsuit was dropped after the hotel's lawyer struggled to serve Johnson with the complaint and failed to apprise the court of his efforts to do so. — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021 But many students and their parents say that UCSD didn’t apprise them in a clear, timely way that enrollment growth and the pandemic were going to lead to a big housing shortage during a year in which enrollment is expected to set a record. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2021 Karen Crouse, a New York Times sports reporter who’s partnering with swimming legend Michael Phelps on a book, has been suspended from the newspaper for having failed to apprise her editors of the situation. — Washington Post, 16 July 2021 Stock and Superintendent Deena Bishop apprised the board of progress made in the three weeks since the district’s massive effort to switch its 45,849 students to distance learning. — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2020 Senators were also not apprised of a plot to target four U.S. embassies in the region, which President Trump disclosed during an interview to air Friday evening with Fox News' Laura Ingraham. — CBS News, 15 Jan. 2020 See More

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