MEANING
To make someone aware of a situation or piece of information.
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Words that belong together
- apprise someone of developments
- keep someone apprised
On the page
The steward apprised her of the visitor’s arrival.
Keep me apprised of any movement beyond the gate.
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Word forms
- Base
- apprise
- Past tense
- apprised
- Past participle
- apprised
- Present participle
- apprising
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- apprise
- Present continuous
- am/is/are apprising
- Present perfect
- have/has apprised
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been apprising
- Past
- apprised
- Past continuous
- was/were apprising
- Past perfect
- had apprised
- Past perfect continuous
- had been apprising
- Future
- will apprise
- Future continuous
- will be apprising
- Future perfect
- will have apprised
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been apprising
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: apprise; apprises; apprised; apprised; apprising Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: apprises.
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