apprising
Bringing someone up-to-date
Apprising is informing or notifying someone of something: The lawyer kept her client apprised of developments in the case.
The past participle apprised appears more often than other forms.
Not to be confused with appraising, which means evaluating worth.
Formal notice given
- briefingConcise information session
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- alertingGiving urgent notice
reporting · communication · advising · notifying · telling · updating · conveying · relaying
State of knowing something
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- realizationGrasping what's true
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- understandingMental comprehension of something
recognition · enlightenment · alertness · attentiveness · mindfulness · informed · aware · noticing
notification
Formal notice given
- briefingConcise information session
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- announcementPublic declaration of information
alerting · reporting · communication · advising · notifying · telling · updating · conveying · relaying · transmitting
cognizance
State of knowing something
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- realizationGrasping what's true
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
understanding · recognition · enlightenment · alertness · attentiveness · mindfulness · informed · aware · noticing · heedful
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- estimationApproximate value judgment
rating · review · analysis · judgment · measuring · gauging · sizing up · weighing · considering · examining
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
apprisingconcealing
Keeping something secret
withholding · hiding · suppressing · covering up · holding back
apprisingmisleading
Causing false beliefs
deceiving · misinforming · deluding · disinforming · obfuscating
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