APPRISING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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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

Last week, authorities ordered the evacuation of almost 60,000 people near the city of Bordeaux, whose vineyards produce approximately 700 million bottles of wine per year, according to investment advising firm Vineyards Bordeaux.

— Martina Di Licosa, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Minnesota's own billing guidance acknowledges this directly, advising providers to verify billing details with each MCO individually.

— Valerie Cerra, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of advising

Noun

Young people who want access to algorithmic feeds or nighttime notifications have to consent to their parent or legal guardian being notified.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
Chiefs president Mark Donovan is hoping fans who plan to attend a training-camp practice will use the team’s app and turn on notifications.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Definition of notification

Verb

Abernathy Greenway Park walk with Trees Atlanta Take a walk through the park with a Trees Atlanta docent, who will teach simple tricks for telling trees apart and share stories about why trees are important and how to protect them.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
But that, according to the Florida Bar, did not absolve Gonzalez of his decision to dismiss the case in the first place without telling his client, a Miami resident.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of telling

Noun

But at Disneyland on Friday, vacationers in matching T-shirts, toddlers in princess dresses and mouse-eared parents pushing strollers made their way through security checkpoints giving little attention to signs posted nearby notifying guests of the theme park’s new facial recognition policy.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
However, in the immediate aftermath of a spouse’s death, priorities should be limited to the essentials, Cox said — such as ensuring access to cash, notifying institutions, paying ongoing bills and claiming benefits (from, say, life insurance).

— Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026

Definition of notifying

Verb

Her job meant overseeing aircrew readiness, training and flight operations while instructing boom operators on air refueling procedures, the Air Force said.

— Chris Kenning, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Evacuation orders were sent with special alerts to mobile phones, instructing people to leave, Gironde prefect Sophie Brocas said.

— Mark Carlson, Fortune, 25 July 2026

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