apprise

English

Alternative forms

• apprize (archaic)

Etymology

From French appris, apprise, past participle of apprendre (“to learn”), from Latin apprehendere, present active infinitive of apprehendō (“grasp with the mind”), from ad- (“to”) +‎ prehendō (“take, seize”). Cognate to apprehend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɹaɪ̯z/
• Rhymes: -aɪz

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Verb

apprise (third-person singular simple present apprises, present participle apprising, simple past and past participle apprised)

1. (transitive) To notify, or to make aware; to inform.

   The ears apprise the brain of sound.

   • 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 170:

     The object is to keep the yard operators apprised of main-line movements, so that they do not plan to occupy the main lines with activity into or out of the yard at an inopportune juncture.

   • 2019 November 6, Paul Stephen, “Cowden: a crash radio could have prevented”, in RAIL, number 891, page 72:

     The signalman rapidly apprised the Railtrack Control Centre at Croydon of the unfolding disaster, and asked them to pre-emptively call the emergency services.

Synonyms

• keep (someone) abreast, up to date/up-to-date; See also Thesaurus:inform

Translations

to notify

• Arabic: أَطْلَعَ‎ (ʾaṭlaʿa)
• Bulgarian: уведомявам (bg) (uvedomjavam), известявам (bg) (izvestjavam), съобщавам (bg) (sǎobštavam)
• Dutch: inlichten (nl), "keep someone apprised" = iemand op de hoogte houden
• Finnish: ilmoittaa (fi)
• German: benachrichtigen (de), in Kenntnis setzen

• Portuguese: notificar (pt), avisar (pt), informar (pt)
• Russian: уведомля́ть (ru) impf (uvedomljátʹ), уве́домить (ru) pf (uvédomitʹ), сообща́ть (ru) impf (soobščátʹ), сообщи́ть (ru) pf (soobščítʹ), оповеща́ть (ru) impf (opoveščátʹ), оповести́ть (ru) pf (opovestítʹ)
• Spanish: informar (es), avisar (es)

See also

• appraise

References

• “apprise”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• sappier

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pʁiz/

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• Rhymes: -iz

Adjective

apprise

1. feminine singular of appris

Verb

apprise

1. feminine singular of the past participle of apprendre

Anagrams

• papiers
• piperas
• repipas