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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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 indictment alleges that both men oversaw the dogs, with Stinson advising his son on their proper care.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Barker recalled giving a mutual guy friend some dating advice about just having fun and hooking up with women, advising him to think of dating as a sport, while trying to not get too emotionally invested.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of advising

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

Biola University has been instructing students in film and television for a half century, but this week, the school just south of Los Angeles enters a whole new era.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
In the case of existing worms, the software is simply hard-coded to copy itself through computer networks or to spread by instructing infected computers to send emails containing copies of the malware.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of instructing

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