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| in·form [ in fáwrm ] (past and past participle in·formed, present participle in·form·ing, 3rd person present singular in·forms) |
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1. transitive verb tell somebody: to communicate information or knowledge to somebody
  The police informed us of the accident.
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2. in·form your·self vr learn about something: to familiarize yourself with a subject
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3. intransitive verb give information to police: to give confidential or incriminating information about somebody else's activities, especially to the police
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4. transitive verb arts be essential characteristic of something: to play an essential part in determining the nature, shape, or structure of something
His religious beliefs inform his entire work.
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5. transitive verb give structure to something: to give structure or substance to something
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formal
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the ethics that inform the profession
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin informare "give form to" < forma "shape"] |
