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# apprise

«apprise» in Mova's school dictionary: **to tell them about it or inform them** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (apprise, apprises, apprised, apprising)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) To apprise someone of something is to tell them about it or inform them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprise/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in formal letters, reports and the stiff exam voice: «Please keep me apprised of any changes» means «please keep telling me». In old stories, a servant apprises the king of news.

### examples

- Please apprise me of any changes to the timetable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprise/#x1)
- The captain was apprised of the danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprise/#x2)
- The head teacher apprised parents of the new rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprise/#x3)
- Keep me apprised of your progress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprise/#x4)
- Badger apprised the others of the weasels' plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprise/#x5)
- We were not apprised of the decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprise/#x6)

### note

Formal; in speech say «tell» or «let know». Pattern: apprise someone OF something. Do not confuse with «appraise» (to judge the value or quality of something).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apprise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.