"inform" meaning in English

See inform in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈfɔɹm/ [General-American], /ɪnˈfɔːm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-inform.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m Etymology: Latin īnfōrmis Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} inform (not comparable)
  1. Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-inform-en-adj-4a6D4Arc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈfɔɹm/ [General-American], /ɪnˈfɔːm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-inform.ogg Forms: informs [present, singular, third-person], informing [participle, present], informed [participle, past], informed [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m Etymology: From Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in- + form. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|informen}} Middle English informen, {{der|en|fro|enformer}} Old French enformer, {{der|en|la|īnfōrmō||to shape, form, train, instruct, educate}} Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), {{prefix|en|in|form}} in- + form Head templates: {{en-verb}} inform (third-person singular simple present informs, present participle informing, simple past and past participle informed)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge). Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-inform-en-verb-x0HFANe0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 15 9 6 12 14 18 8 19
  2. (transitive) To communicate knowledge to. Tags: transitive Synonyms (communicate knowledge to (trans.)): acquaint Translations (to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)): informoj (Albanian), بَلَّغَ (ballaḡa) (Arabic), أَبْلَغَ (ʔablaḡa) (Arabic), أَخْبَرَ (ʔaḵbara) (Arabic), خبر (ḵabbir) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), տեղեկացնել (teġekacʻnel) (Armenian), məlumat vermək (Azerbaijani), паведамля́ць (pavjedamljácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), паве́даміць (pavjédamicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), інфармава́ць (infarmavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), паінфармава́ць (painfarmavácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), bije (Borôro), съобща́вам (sǎobštávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), известя́вам (izvestjávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), информи́рам (informíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), သတင်းပေး (sa.tang:pe:) (Burmese), ကြား (kra:) (Burmese), အသိပေး (a.si.pe:) (Burmese), informar (Catalan), ئاگادان (agadan) (Central Kurdish), تێگەیاندن (têgeyandin) (Central Kurdish), 通知 (tōngzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), 告知 (gàozhī) (Chinese Mandarin), informovat [imperfective] (Czech), informere (Danish), informeren (Dutch), inlichten (Dutch), voorlichten (Dutch), informeerima (Estonian), teavitama (Estonian), ko'ose (Farefare), tiedottaa (Finnish), informer (French), ინფორმირება (inpormireba) (Georgian), შტყობინება (šṭq̇obineba) (Georgian), informieren (German), mitteilen (German), benachrichtigen (German), Bescheid sagen (German), πληροφορώ (pliroforó) (Greek), הוֹדִיעַ (hodía) (Hebrew), सूचित करना (sūcit karnā) (Hindi), बताना (batānā) (Hindi), ख़बर करना (xabar karnā) (Hindi), जानकारी देना (jānkārī denā) (Hindi), अवगत करना (avgat karnā) (Hindi), informál (Hungarian), tájékoztat (Hungarian), értesít (Hungarian), felvilágosít (Hungarian), informar (Interlingua), informare (Italian), 告げる (tsugeru) (alt: つげる) (Japanese), 知らせる (shiraseru) (alt: しらせる) (Japanese), 通知する (tsūchi suru) (alt: つうちする) (Japanese), 教える (oshieru) (alt: おしえる) (Japanese), хабарлау (xabarlau) (Kazakh), хабарландыру (xabarlandyru) (Kazakh), ចែង (caeng) (Khmer), ជម្រាប (cumriəp) (Khmer), ទួល (tuəl) (english: royal) (Khmer), 알리다 (allida) (Korean), 전달하다 (jeondalhada) (Korean), 통지하다 (tongjihada) (Korean), 가르치다 (gareuchida) (Korean), кабарлоо (kabarloo) (Kyrgyz), маалымдоо (maalımdoo) (Kyrgyz), билмелөө (bilmelöö) (Kyrgyz), билдирүү (bildirüü) (Kyrgyz), ບົ່ງ (bong) (Lao), ບອກ (bǭk) (Lao), doceo (Latin), informēt (Latvian), informuoti (Lithuanian), pranešti (Lithuanian), известува (izvestuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), извести (izvesti) [perfective] (Macedonian), информи́ра (informíra) [imperfective, perfective] (Macedonian), memberitahu (Malay), mengkhabarkan (Malay), maalumkan (Malay), whakamōhio (Maori), whakarongo (Maori), мэдээлэх (medeelex) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ (medegelekü) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), informere (Norwegian Bokmål), informere (Norwegian Nynorsk), اطلاع دادن (etelâ' dâdan) (Persian), آگاه کردن (âgâh kardan) (Persian), اخبار کردن (exbâr kardan) (Persian), خبر دادن (xabar dâdan) (Persian), معلوم کردن (ma'lum kardan) (Persian), powiadamiać [imperfective] (Polish), powiadomić [perfective] (Polish), informować [imperfective] (Polish), poinformować [perfective] (Polish), informar (Portuguese), a informa (Romanian), сообща́ть (soobščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сообщи́ть (soobščítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), информи́ровать (informírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), проинформи́ровать (proinformírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), извеща́ть (izveščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), извести́ть (izvestítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), оповеща́ть (opoveščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оповести́ть (opovestítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), уведомля́ть (uvedomljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уве́домить (uvédomitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обавешта́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), обаве́стити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), обавјешта́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), обавије́стити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), obaveštávati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), obaviéstiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), obavještávati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), obavijéstiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), informovať [imperfective] (Slovak), obveščati [imperfective] (Slovene), obvestiti [perfective] (Slovene), informar (Spanish), enterar (Spanish), reportar (Spanish), anoticiar (Spanish), informera (Swedish), upplysa (Swedish), meddela (Swedish), хабар додан (xabar dodan) (Tajik), маълум кардан (maʾlum kardan) (Tajik), огоҳ кардан (ogoh kardan) (Tajik), แจ้ง (jɛ̂ɛng) (Thai), บอก (bɔ̀ɔk) (Thai), bilgi vermek (Turkish), повідомля́ти (povidomljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), пові́домити (povídomyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), інформува́ти (informuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), поінформува́ти (poinformuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), آگاہ کرنا (āgāh karnā) (Urdu), اطلاع کرنا (ittilā' karnā) (Urdu), بتانا (batānā) (Urdu), خبر کرنا (xabar karnā) (Urdu), aytmoq (Uzbek), bildirmoq (Uzbek), xabar qilmoq (Uzbek), thông báo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-inform-en-verb-aCtNX~br Disambiguation of 'communicate knowledge to (trans.)': 8 52 9 2 7 14 4 4 Disambiguation of 'to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)': 8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4
  3. (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge. Tags: intransitive Translations (to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)): ئاگادان (agadan) (Central Kurdish), تێگەیاندن (têgeyandin) (Central Kurdish), informeren (Dutch), voorlichten (Dutch), tiedottaa (Finnish), informer (French), instruire (French), informieren (German), közöl (Hungarian), megoszt (Hungarian), tudat (Hungarian), tudomására hoz (Hungarian), 教える (oshieru) (alt: おしえる) (Japanese), whakaatu (Maori), informar (Portuguese), informera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-inform-en-verb-HERgeWVu Disambiguation of 'to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)': 5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5
  4. To act as an informer; denounce. Synonyms (act as informer): dob Translations (to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on): μηνύω (mēnúō) (Ancient Greek), изда́вам (izdávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), verklikken (Dutch), vasikoida (Finnish), dénoncer (French), denunzieren (German), καταδίδω (katadído) (Greek), feljelent (Hungarian), donosić [imperfective] (Polish), donieść [perfective] (Polish), доноси́ть (donosítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), донести́ (donestí) [perfective] (Russian), delatar (Spanish), доно́сити (donósyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), донести́ (donestý) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-inform-en-verb-zVCf37W- Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 15 9 6 12 14 18 8 19 Disambiguation of 'act as informer': 1 0 0 80 7 1 9 1 Disambiguation of 'to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on': 2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24
  5. (transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.). Tags: transitive Translations (to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)): одухотворя́вам (oduhotvorjávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), áthat (Hungarian), átjár (Hungarian), kihat (Hungarian), hatással van (Hungarian), mempengaruhi (Indonesian), 情報で影響を上げる (jōhō de eikyō o ageru) (Japanese), 情報で強化する (jōhō de kyōka-suru) (english: to strengthen) [specifically] (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-inform-en-verb-rOCHkjO2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 15 9 6 12 14 18 8 19 Disambiguation of 'to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)': 2 3 2 1 79 3 3 7
  6. (obsolete, intransitive) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Translations ((obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)): ئاگادان (agadan) (Central Kurdish), تێگەیاندن (têgeyandin) (Central Kurdish), informeren (Dutch), kond doen (Dutch), tiedottaa (Finnish), informer (French), 知らせる (shiraseru) (alt: しらせる) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-inform-en-verb-a9JQdo3Z Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 15 9 6 12 14 18 8 19 Disambiguation of '(obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)': 4 3 5 2 3 76 1 5
  7. (formal, transitive) To direct, guide. Tags: formal, transitive
    Sense id: en-inform-en-verb-8jVef6Cr
  8. (archaic, intransitive) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. Tags: archaic, intransitive Synonyms (take form): materialize
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: communicate Hyponyms: divulge, educate, instruct, teach Derived forms: informant, information, informative, informatory, informed, informer, inform on, misinform, uninformed
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: apprise, notify, name names, peach, snitch, take shape, enform [obsolete], advise, enlighten, impart, inform, keep informed, let know, tell

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informoj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ballaḡa",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "بَلَّغَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔablaḡa",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "أَبْلَغَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaḵbara",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "أَخْبَرَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḵabbir",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "خبر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "teġekacʻnel",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "տեղեկացնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "məlumat vermək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pavjedamljácʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "паведамля́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pavjédamicʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "паве́даміць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "infarmavácʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "інфармава́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "painfarmavácʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "паінфармава́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "bor",
          "lang": "Borôro",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "bije"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎobštávam",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "съобща́вам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izvestjávam",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "известя́вам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "informíram",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "информи́рам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "sa.tang:pe:",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "သတင်းပေး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "kra:",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ကြား"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.si.pe:",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "အသိပေး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tōngzhī",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "通知"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gàozhī",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "告知"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "informovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "inlichten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "voorlichten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informeerima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "teavitama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ko'ose"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "tiedottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "inpormireba",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ინფორმირება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šṭq̇obineba",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "შტყობინება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "mitteilen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "benachrichtigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "Bescheid sagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pliroforó",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "πληροφορώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hodía",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "הוֹדִיעַ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sūcit karnā",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "सूचित करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "batānā",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "बताना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "xabar karnā",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ख़बर करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jānkārī denā",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "जानकारी देना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "avgat karnā",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "अवगत करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "tájékoztat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "értesít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "felvilágosít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "alt": "つげる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsugeru",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "告げる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "alt": "しらせる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shiraseru",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "知らせる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "alt": "つうちする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsūchi suru",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "通知する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "alt": "おしえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oshieru",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "教える"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "xabarlau",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "хабарлау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "xabarlandyru",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "хабарландыру"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "caeng",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ចែង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cumriəp",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ជម្រាប"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "km",
          "english": "royal",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tuəl",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ទួល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "allida",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "알리다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeondalhada",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "전달하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tongjihada",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "통지하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gareuchida",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "가르치다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "agadan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ئاگادان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "têgeyandin",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "تێگەیاندن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kabarloo",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "кабарлоо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "maalımdoo",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "маалымдоо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "bilmelöö",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "билмелөө"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "bildirüü",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "билдирүү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "bong",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ບົ່ງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "bǭk",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "ບອກ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "doceo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informēt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informuoti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "pranešti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izvestuva",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "известува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izvesti",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "извести"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "informíra",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "информи́ра"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "memberitahu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "mengkhabarkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "maalumkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "whakamōhio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "whakarongo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "medeelex",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "мэдээлэх"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "medegelekü",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "etelâ' dâdan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "اطلاع دادن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âgâh kardan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "آگاه کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "exbâr kardan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "اخبار کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xabar dâdan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "خبر دادن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ma'lum kardan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "معلوم کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "powiadamiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "powiadomić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "informować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "poinformować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "a informa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "soobščátʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сообща́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "soobščítʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сообщи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "informírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "информи́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proinformírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "проинформи́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izveščátʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "извеща́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izvestítʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "извести́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opoveščátʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "оповеща́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opovestítʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оповести́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uvedomljátʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "уведомля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uvédomitʹ",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "уве́домить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обавешта́вати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обаве́стити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обавјешта́вати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обавије́стити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obaveštávati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "obaviéstiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obavještávati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "obavijéstiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "informovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obveščati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "obvestiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "enterar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "reportar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "anoticiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "informera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "upplysa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "meddela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "xabar dodan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "хабар додан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "maʾlum kardan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "маълум кардан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "ogoh kardan",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "огоҳ кардан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "jɛ̂ɛng",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "แจ้ง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bɔ̀ɔk",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "บอก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "bilgi vermek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povidomljáty",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "повідомля́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povídomyty",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "пові́домити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "informuváty",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "інформува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "poinformuváty",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "поінформува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "āgāh karnā",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "آگاہ کرنا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ittilā' karnā",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "اطلاع کرنا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "batānā",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "بتانا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xabar karnā",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "خبر کرنا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "aytmoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "bildirmoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "xabar qilmoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 54 8 2 7 13 4 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
          "word": "thông báo"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To impart information or knowledge."
      ],
      "id": "en-inform-en-verb-HERgeWVu",
      "links": [
        [
          "impart",
          "impart"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To impart information or knowledge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "informeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "voorlichten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "tiedottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "informer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "instruire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "informieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "közöl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "megoszt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "tudat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "tudomására hoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "alt": "おしえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oshieru",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "教える"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "agadan",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "ئاگادان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "têgeyandin",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "تێگەیاندن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "whakaatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "informar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 8 53 1 5 20 2 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
          "word": "informera"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 9 6 12 14 18 8 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with in-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act as an informer; denounce."
      ],
      "id": "en-inform-en-verb-zVCf37W-",
      "links": [
        [
          "informer",
          "informer"
        ],
        [
          "denounce",
          "denounce"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 0 80 7 1 9 1",
          "sense": "act as informer",
          "word": "dob"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izdávam",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "изда́вам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "word": "verklikken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "word": "vasikoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "word": "dénoncer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "word": "denunzieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katadído",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "word": "καταδίδω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "mēnúō",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "word": "μηνύω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "word": "feljelent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "donosić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "donieść"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "donosítʹ",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "доноси́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "donestí",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "донести́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "word": "delatar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "donósyty",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "доно́сити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 50 6 10 4 24",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "donestý",
          "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "донести́"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 9 6 12 14 18 8 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with in-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His sense of religion informs everything he writes.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:",
          "text": "WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.",
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          "ref": "1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 397, lines 1169-1170:",
          "text": "Let others better mould the running mass / Of metals, and inform the breathing brass",
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          "ref": "1858, Matthew Prior, The poetical works of Matthew Prior, Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Company, page 120, line 401:",
          "text": "O! long as breath informs this fleeting frame / Ne'er let me pass in silence Dorset's name",
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          "text": "Bleak Crags, and naked Hills,\nAnd the whole Prospect so inform and rude",
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      "word": "information"
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          "text": "For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily.",
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          "text": "WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.",
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        {
          "ref": "1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 397, lines 1169-1170:",
          "text": "Let others better mould the running mass / Of metals, and inform the breathing brass",
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          "text": "O! long as breath informs this fleeting frame / Ne'er let me pass in silence Dorset's name",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informoj"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "بَلَّغَ"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "أَبْلَغَ"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "teġekacʻnel",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "տեղեկացնել"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "məlumat vermək"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pavjedamljácʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "pavjédamicʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
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      "word": "інфармава́ць"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
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      "word": "паінфармава́ць"
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    {
      "code": "bor",
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "bije"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sǎobštávam",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "съобща́вам"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "izvestjávam",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "informíram",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sa.tang:pe:",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "သတင်းပေး"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kra:",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ကြား"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.si.pe:",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "အသိပေး"
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informar"
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      "roman": "tōngzhī",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "通知"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gàozhī",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "告知"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "informovat"
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informere"
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      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informeren"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "inlichten"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "voorlichten"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informeerima"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "teavitama"
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    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ko'ose"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "tiedottaa"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informer"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "inpormireba",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ინფორმირება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šṭq̇obineba",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "შტყობინება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "mitteilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "benachrichtigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "Bescheid sagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pliroforó",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "πληροφορώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hodía",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "הוֹדִיעַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sūcit karnā",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "सूचित करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "batānā",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "बताना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xabar karnā",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ख़बर करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jānkārī denā",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "जानकारी देना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "avgat karnā",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "अवगत करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "tájékoztat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "értesít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "felvilágosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つげる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsugeru",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "告げる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しらせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiraseru",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "知らせる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つうちする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsūchi suru",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "通知する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おしえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oshieru",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "教える"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "xabarlau",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "хабарлау"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "xabarlandyru",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "хабарландыру"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "caeng",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ចែង"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cumriəp",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ជម្រាប"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "english": "royal",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tuəl",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ទួល"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "allida",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "알리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeondalhada",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "전달하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tongjihada",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "통지하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gareuchida",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "가르치다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "agadan",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ئاگادان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "têgeyandin",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "تێگەیاندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kabarloo",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "кабарлоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "maalımdoo",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "маалымдоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bilmelöö",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "билмелөө"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bildirüü",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "билдирүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bong",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ບົ່ງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bǭk",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "ບອກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "doceo"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informuoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "pranešti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izvestuva",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "известува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izvesti",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "извести"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "informíra",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "информи́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "memberitahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "mengkhabarkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "maalumkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "whakamōhio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "whakarongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "medeelex",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мэдээлэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "medegelekü",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "etelâ' dâdan",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "اطلاع دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âgâh kardan",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "آگاه کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "exbâr kardan",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "اخبار کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xabar dâdan",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "خبر دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ma'lum kardan",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "معلوم کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "powiadamiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "powiadomić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "informować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poinformować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "a informa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soobščátʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сообща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soobščítʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сообщи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "informírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "информи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proinformírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "проинформи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izveščátʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "извеща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izvestítʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "извести́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opoveščátʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оповеща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opovestítʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оповести́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvedomljátʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уведомля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvédomitʹ",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уве́домить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обавешта́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обаве́стити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обавјешта́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обавије́стити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obaveštávati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obaviéstiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obavještávati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obavijéstiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "informovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obveščati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obvestiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "enterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "reportar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "anoticiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "informera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "upplysa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "meddela"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xabar dodan",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "хабар додан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "maʾlum kardan",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "маълум кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ogoh kardan",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "огоҳ кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jɛ̂ɛng",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "แจ้ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bɔ̀ɔk",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "บอก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "bilgi vermek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povidomljáty",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "повідомля́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povídomyty",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пові́домити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "informuváty",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "інформува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poinformuváty",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поінформува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "āgāh karnā",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "آگاہ کرنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ittilā' karnā",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "اطلاع کرنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "batānā",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "بتانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xabar karnā",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "خبر کرنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "aytmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "bildirmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "xabar qilmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
      "word": "thông báo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "informeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "voorlichten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "tiedottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "informer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "instruire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "informieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "közöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "megoszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "tudat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "tudomására hoz"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おしえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oshieru",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "教える"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "agadan",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "ئاگادان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "têgeyandin",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "تێگەیاندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "whakaatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "informar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
      "word": "informera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izdávam",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "изда́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "word": "verklikken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "word": "vasikoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "word": "dénoncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "word": "denunzieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katadído",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "word": "καταδίδω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mēnúō",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "word": "μηνύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "word": "feljelent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "donosić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "donieść"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "donosítʹ",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "доноси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "donestí",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "донести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "word": "delatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "donósyty",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "доно́сити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "donestý",
      "sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "донести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oduhotvorjávam",
      "sense": "to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "одухотворя́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)",
      "word": "áthat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)",
      "word": "átjár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)",
      "word": "kihat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)",
      "word": "hatással van"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)",
      "word": "mempengaruhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōhō de eikyō o ageru",
      "sense": "to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)",
      "word": "情報で影響を上げる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "to strengthen",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jōhō de kyōka-suru",
      "sense": "to give form or character to; to inspire; to affect, influence (transitive)",
      "tags": [
        "specifically"
      ],
      "word": "情報で強化する"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)",
      "word": "informeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)",
      "word": "kond doen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)",
      "word": "tiedottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)",
      "word": "informer"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しらせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiraseru",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)",
      "word": "知らせる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "agadan",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)",
      "word": "ئاگادان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "têgeyandin",
      "sense": "(obsolete in English) to make known (intransitive)",
      "word": "تێگەیاندن"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inform"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for attention in Latin etymologies",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)m",
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "lena"
    }
  ],
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1765, Charles Cotton, “Wonders of Peake”, in Poetical Works, page 342:",
          "text": "Bleak Crags, and naked Hills,\nAnd the whole Prospect so inform and rude",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)m"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inform"
}

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