apprises

Keeps someone posted

Apprises is the third-person singular form of apprise, meaning to inform or notify someone of something: The lawyer apprises her client of all new developments.

The word is formal and typically appears with "of": He apprises them of the risks involved.

informing

notify

Formally communicate information

  • adviseGive counsel to
  • tellConvey information verbally
  • alertWarning or watchfulness

update · brief · enlighten · educate · instruct · reveal · disclose · announce · report · convey

notification

announcement

Public declaration of information

communique · advisory · dispatch · memo · message · correspondence · circular · briefing · update · report

awareness

cognizance

State of knowing something

recognition · knowledge · insight · perception · comprehension · grasp · familiarity · acquaintance · mindfulness · attunement

Opposites
information sharing vs. withholding

apprisesconceals

Keeps from being seen

withholds · hides · suppresses · covers up · obscures

clarity vs. confusion

apprisesmisinforms

Gives incorrect information

misleads · deceives · disinforms · deludes · confuses

Family

apprise, apprised, apprising

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G