| newsroom | | |
| n. (group) | 1. newsroom | the staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical.; "every newspaper editor is criticized by the newsroom" |
| ~ staff | personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. newsroom | an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station. |
| ~ business office, office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed.; "he rented an office in the new building" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. newsroom | a reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read. |
| ~ reading room | a room set aside for reading. |
| inform | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ wise up | cause someone to become aware of something. |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| ~ apprise, apprize, instruct | make aware of.; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" |
| ~ inoculate | introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of.; "My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs" |
| ~ acquaint | inform.; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move" |
| ~ warn | notify, usually in advance.; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions" |
| ~ inform | act as an informer.; "She had informed on her own parents for years" |
| ~ fill in | supply with information on a specific topic.; "He filled me in on the latest developments" |
| ~ update | bring up to date; supply with recent information. |
| ~ misinform, mislead | give false or misleading information to. |
| ~ downplay, minimise, understate, minimize | represent as less significant or important. |
| ~ shit, tell on, snitch, stag, denounce, give away, shop, betray, grass, rat | give away information about somebody.; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" |
| ~ undeceive | free from deception or illusion. |
| ~ warn | notify of danger, potential harm, or risk.; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking" |
| ~ apprise, apprize, notify, send word, advise, give notice | inform (somebody) of something.; "I advised him that the rent was due" |
| ~ familiarise, familiarize, acquaint | make familiar or conversant with.; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings" |
| ~ cue, remind, prompt | assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned. |
| ~ volunteer | tell voluntarily.; "He volunteered the information" |
| ~ acquaint, introduce, present | cause to come to know personally.; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" |
| ~ regret | express with regret.; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard" |
| ~ point, indicate, designate, show | indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" |
| ~ indicate | to state or express briefly.; "indicated his wishes in a letter" |
| ~ suggest, indicate | suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine.; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" |
| ~ nark | inform or spy (for the police). |
| ~ explain, explicate | make plain and comprehensible.; "He explained the laws of physics to his students" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ recount, narrate, tell, recite | narrate or give a detailed account of.; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" |
| ~ narrate | provide commentary for a film, for example. |
| ~ report, describe, account | to give an account or representation of in words.; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" |
| ~ report | make known to the authorities.; "One student reported the other to the principal" |
| ~ report, cover | be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism.; "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City" |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| ~ disabuse | free somebody (from an erroneous belief). |
| ~ remonstrate, point out | present and urge reasons in opposition. |
| ~ bear witness, evidence, testify, prove, show | provide evidence for.; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" |
| v. (change) | 2. inform | give character or essence to.; "The principles that inform modern teaching" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (communication) | 3. inform | act as an informer.; "She had informed on her own parents for years" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ evidence, tell | give evidence.; "he was telling on all his former colleague" |
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