"inform" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inform",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "informs",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "informed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "informed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "informing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "in‧form",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Unfortunately, they did not fully inform the public of the problem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you inform someone of something, you give them knowledge about it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-inform-en-verb-gk-rd4jp",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tell"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our decision was informed by a good deal of research."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something informs your opinion, decision, etc., it helps you come to it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-inform-en-verb-zVfa8zQ3",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "advise"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈfɔrm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈfɔːm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-inform.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inform"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inform",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "informs",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "informed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "informed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "informing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "in‧form",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Unfortunately, they did not fully inform the public of the problem."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you inform someone of something, you give them knowledge about it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tell"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our decision was informed by a good deal of research."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something informs your opinion, decision, etc., it helps you come to it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "advise"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈfɔrm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈfɔːm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-inform.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inform"
}