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noun

as in informing

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verb

present participle of apprise
as in advising
to give information to let me apprise you of the current situation

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Recent Examples of apprising
Verb
The White House team is required to file a report apprising the court of the status of their compliance within 21 days after the date the order takes effect. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprising
  1. informing
  2. advising
  3. notification
  4. telling
  5. notifying
  6. instructing
Noun
  • Katrina was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, false informing and failure to report a corpse, while Hopkins was also charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and failure to report a corpse.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • Licensing and brand consultancy Black White Orange (BWO) is handling fan engagement, consumer experiences and promotional activations, and Happening 365 Synergies is advising on strategy and the market.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But as systems move from advising to acting, judgment becomes the differentiator.
    — Puneet Gaur, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of advising
Noun
  • Other techniques involved web archives and the ntfy push-notification service.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI said the notifications didn’t necessarily mean systems were compromised -- the activity may have been more like rattling a locked door than breaking it down.
    — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of notification
Verb
  • The Salem witch trials of 1692 carved out an enduring and powerful niche in American history for this little town, and this intimate, kitschy museum does an excellent job telling the story.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The discovery is the latest instance of CDE leadership telling employees bedbugs are not in the building, only for more to be discovered at a later date and igniting doubt among CDE’s workforce on whether treatment is effective.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of telling
Noun
  • The officers initiated a pursuit, notifying dispatch and other officers, police said.
    — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Police in Medellin, Colombia, arrested Hernandez in July 2025 after learning Interpol issued a Red Notice, an international alert notifying law enforcement to hold a wanted fugitive.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of notifying
Verb
  • Lecornu gathered law enforcement officials and government ministers for the emergency meeting, instructing his minister to cancel planned trips until the crisis is sufficiently addressed.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The city is also instructing developers to design 15% of the units for artist affordable housing.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of instructing

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“Apprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprising. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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