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{
"source": "Thesaurus:inform",
"word": "encrypt"
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"source": "Thesaurus:inform",
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"2": "enm",
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"word": "communicate"
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{
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"To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge)."
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[
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"(archaic, transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge)."
],
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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:",
"text": "For he would learn their business secretly, / And then inform his master hastily.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
"text": "I am informed thoroughly of the cause.",
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}
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"To communicate knowledge to."
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"(transitive) To communicate knowledge to."
],
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"sense": "communicate knowledge to (trans.)",
"word": "acquaint"
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"translations": [
{
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ballaḡa",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "بَلَّغَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔablaḡa",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "أَبْلَغَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaḵbara",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "أَخْبَرَ"
},
{
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"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵabbir",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "خبر"
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{
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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": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "паведамля́ць"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pavjédamicʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
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"roman": "infarmavácʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "інфармава́ць"
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"roman": "painfarmavácʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "bije"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎobštávam",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "съобща́вам"
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvestjávam",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
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"word": "известя́вам"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "informíram",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
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"code": "my",
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"roman": "sa.tang:pe:",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "သတင်းပေး"
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{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
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"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kra:",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ကြား"
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"roman": "a.si.pe:",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "အသိပေး"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informar"
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"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tōngzhī",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "通知"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gàozhī",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "告知"
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{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "informovat"
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{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informere"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informeren"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "inlichten"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "voorlichten"
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{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informeerima"
},
{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "teavitama"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ko'ose"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "tiedottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informer"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "inpormireba",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ინფორმირება"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šṭq̇obineba",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "შტყობინება"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "mitteilen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "benachrichtigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "Bescheid sagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pliroforó",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "πληροφορώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hodía",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "הוֹדִיעַ"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sūcit karnā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "सूचित करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "batānā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "बताना"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "xabar karnā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ख़बर करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jānkārī denā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "जानकारी देना"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "avgat karnā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "अवगत करना"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informál"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "tájékoztat"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "értesít"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "felvilágosít"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informar"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informare"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"alt": "つげる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsugeru",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "告げる"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"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": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"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": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"alt": "おしえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oshieru",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "教える"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "xabarlau",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "хабарлау"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "xabarlandyru",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "хабарландыру"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "caeng",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ចែង"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cumriəp",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ជម្រាប"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "km",
"english": "royal",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tuəl",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ទួល"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "allida",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "알리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeondalhada",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "전달하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tongjihada",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "통지하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gareuchida",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "가르치다"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "agadan",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ئاگادان"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "têgeyandin",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "تێگەیاندن"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kabarloo",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "кабарлоо"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "maalımdoo",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "маалымдоо"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bilmelöö",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "билмелөө"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bildirüü",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "билдирүү"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bong",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ບົ່ງ"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bǭk",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ບອກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "doceo"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informēt"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informuoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "pranešti"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvestuva",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "известува"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvesti",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "извести"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "informíra",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "информи́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "memberitahu"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "mengkhabarkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "maalumkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "whakamōhio"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "whakarongo"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "medeelex",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "мэдээлэх"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "medegelekü",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠬᠦ"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informere"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informere"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "etelâ' dâdan",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "اطلاع دادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âgâh kardan",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "آگاه کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "exbâr kardan",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "اخبار کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xabar dâdan",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "خبر دادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ma'lum kardan",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "معلوم کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "powiadamiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "powiadomić"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "informować"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "poinformować"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informar"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "a informa"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soobščátʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сообща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soobščítʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сообщи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "informírovatʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "информи́ровать"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proinformírovatʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "проинформи́ровать"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izveščátʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извеща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvestítʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "извести́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opoveščátʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "оповеща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opovestítʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оповести́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uvedomljátʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уведомля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uvédomitʹ",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уве́домить"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обавешта́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "обаве́стити"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обавјешта́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "обавије́стити"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obaveštávati"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "obaviéstiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obavještávati"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "obavijéstiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "informovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obveščati"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obvestiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informar"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "enterar"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "reportar"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "anoticiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informera"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "upplysa"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "meddela"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xabar dodan",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "хабар додан"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "maʾlum kardan",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "маълум кардан"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ogoh kardan",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "огоҳ кардан"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "jɛ̂ɛng",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "แจ้ง"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bɔ̀ɔk",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "บอก"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "bilgi vermek"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povidomljáty",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "повідомля́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povídomyty",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пові́домити"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "informuváty",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "інформува́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poinformuváty",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поінформува́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "āgāh karnā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "آگاہ کرنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ittilā' karnā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "اطلاع کرنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "batānā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "بتانا"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "xabar karnā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "خبر کرنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "aytmoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "bildirmoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "xabar qilmoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 54 8 2 8 8 6 5",
"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 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "informeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "voorlichten"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "tiedottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "informer"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "instruire"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "informieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "közöl"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "megoszt"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "tudat"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "tudomására hoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"alt": "おしえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oshieru",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "教える"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "agadan",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "ئاگادان"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "têgeyandin",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "تێگەیاندن"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "whakaatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to impart information or knowledge (intransitive)",
"word": "informar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 55 1 5 21 2 6",
"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 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izdávam",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "изда́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"word": "verklikken"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"word": "vasikoida"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"word": "dénoncer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"word": "denunzieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katadído",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"word": "καταδίδω"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mēnúō",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"word": "μηνύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"word": "feljelent"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "donosić"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "donieść"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "donosítʹ",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "доноси́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "donestí",
"sense": "to act as an informer, denounce — see also inform on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "донести́"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 51 6 11 4 25",
"code": "es",
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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": "1858, Matthew Prior, The poetical works of Matthew Prior, Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne and Company, page 120, line 401:",
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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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"word": "အသိပေး"
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"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "ინფორმირება"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"word": "შტყობინება"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "mitteilen"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "benachrichtigen"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
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"word": "הוֹדִיעַ"
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"code": "hi",
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"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "सूचित करना"
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"code": "hi",
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{
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"word": "जानकारी देना"
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{
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"roman": "avgat karnā",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "अवगत करना"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informál"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "tájékoztat"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "értesít"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "felvilágosít"
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"code": "ia",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to communicate knowledge to another/others (transitive)",
"word": "informare"
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"alt": "つうちする",
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"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 entries with incorrect language header",
"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",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)m/2 syllables"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Latin",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "",
"name": "lena"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Latin īnfōrmis",
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"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "inform (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"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"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈfɔɹm/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈfɔːm/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"audio": "en-us-inform.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-us-inform.ogg/En-us-inform.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-us-inform.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)m"
}
],
"word": "inform"
}
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