If you inform someone of something, you tell them about it. They would inform him of any progress they had made My daughter informed me that she was pregnant `I just added a little soy sauce,' he informs us
If a situation or activity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is very noticeable in it. All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work
give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching" impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" act as an informer; "She had informed on her own parents for years
To give form or share to; to give vital or organizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion
Organizations are doing the bare minimum with technology and the web, using it to simply convey information to members Information is largely static and their site can best be described as brochure-ware Members and potential members should be able to access general information about the Association online
If someone informs on a person, they give information about the person to the police or another authority, which causes the person to be suspected or proved guilty of doing something bad. Thousands of American citizens have informed on these organized crime syndicates