verb
inform
CEFR B1
to tell someone about a fact, situation or event
In a sentence
Six example sentences with inform, each labelled with its topic.
Please inform the warehouse team that the shipment cleared customs, since they scheduled overtime for tomorrow morning.
Business
The airline failed to inform passengers that the gate had changed, so forty people waited at the wrong door.
Travel
Trailers deliberately inform the audience of the setup while hiding the twist that arrives in the final act.
Movies
Officers must inform a suspect of the right to a lawyer before any questioning that they hope to use in court.
Law
The mayor's office failed to inform residents that the water main would close, so the complaints started at breakfast.
Politics
The app will inform you the instant a package is scanned at the depot, long before the courier's van arrives.
Technology
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Found in these word lists
Found in 6 published word lists
- General Service List (West 1953, Bauman/Culligan rev.)Authoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
Each source is a published word list that contains inform. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.