- apprise someone of something
- apprise someone of somethingto inform someone of something. •
I hope you will apprise me of any change.
•Have you been apprised of the new rule?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
apprise someone of something
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apprise — ap|prise [ ə praız ] verb transitive FORMAL apprise someone of something to tell someone about something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
apprise — UK [əˈpraɪz] / US verb [transitive] Word forms apprise : present tense I/you/we/they apprise he/she/it apprises present participle apprising past tense apprised past participle apprised formal to tell someone about something … English dictionary
apprise — verb (transitive + of) formal to inform or tell someone about something: I write to apprise you of the latest situation … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
apprise — appraise, apprise Like many near sounding words with some relation of meaning, these are often confused. Appraise means ‘to assess the value of (something or someone)’ (e.g. • When a man is stripped of all worldly insignia, one can appraise him… … Modern English usage
apprise — ap|prise [əˈpraız] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: , past participle of apprendre, from Old French aprendre; APPRENTICE] formal to tell or give someone information about something apprise sb of sth ▪ The district chairman was fully… … Dictionary of contemporary English
apprise — [[t]əpra͟ɪz[/t]] apprises, apprising, apprised VERB When you are apprised of something, someone tells you about it. [FORMAL] [be V ed of n] Have these customers been fully apprised of the advantages?... [V n of n] I thought I needed to apprise… … English dictionary
appraise — ► VERB 1) assess the quality or nature of. 2) give (an employee) an appraisal. 3) (of an official valuer) set a price on. DERIVATIVES appraisee noun appraiser noun. USAGE Appraise is frequently confused … English terms dictionary
appraisee — appraise ► VERB 1) assess the quality or nature of. 2) give (an employee) an appraisal. 3) (of an official valuer) set a price on. DERIVATIVES appraisee noun appraiser noun. USAGE Appraise is frequently confused … English terms dictionary
appraiser — appraise ► VERB 1) assess the quality or nature of. 2) give (an employee) an appraisal. 3) (of an official valuer) set a price on. DERIVATIVES appraisee noun appraiser noun. USAGE Appraise is frequently confused … English terms dictionary
appraise — verb assess the value, quality, or performance of. ↘(of an official valuer) set a price on. Derivatives appraisable adjective appraisee noun appraisement noun appraiser noun appraising adjective appraisingly adverb … English new terms dictionary
List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… … Wikipedia
