APPRISING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in informing

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apprising

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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

The councilmember then called out Bass for working with a communications consultant who was simultaneously advising her and Lineage, the company whose warehouse burned in Boyle Heights in June.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Crossing guards are advising students on e-bikes who were unaware of the new rule to check in at the office.

— Michele Gile, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of advising

Noun

That means implementing clear policies on when AI note-takers may be used, requiring visible notifications and verbal confirmation for sensitive discussions, and establishing retention controls to ensure transcripts don’t linger indefinitely.

— Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
However, the calculation changes if Apple sends you a mercenary spyware notification.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of notification

Verb

Kronengold and Shaw decided to have some fun with Rao by telling the cast that Amita would have to spend several weekends alone in her trailer with the opossum.

— Emily Gould, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
But away from the sporting arena, the five-day games reveal something telling about why China's winning this technology race.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 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

Investigators located an email sent from Bailey instructing Roell to change his name to successfully pass background checks to be hired in Forney, Raybould said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
The country's National Development and Reform Commission issued its decision in April, instructing the parties to withdraw the transaction.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

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