Research Terms

verb to give information or knowledge to someone

• It is important to inform all stakeholders about the changes in the project timeline.
• Hey, just wanted to inform you that the meeting has been rescheduled.
• I gotta inform my crew about the plan for tonight.
• The colors of the sunset inform us of the approaching storm.

noun TBR (To Be Read) is a commonly used acronym in the book community to refer to books that a person plans to read in the future.

• I have a long TBR list of academic journals to read for my research.
• My TBR pile of books is getting out of control, I need to start reading them soon.
• I keep adding more books to my TBR stack, it's never-ending.
• My TBR mountain of tasks keeps growing, I need to start crossing them off one by one.

adjective describing something as having the characteristics of a fact

• The report presented by the expert was full of facty information that supported their conclusions.
• I don't know if I believe that facty story my friend told me about their weekend.
• Stop being so facty all the time, let's just have fun and relax.
• Her argument was so facty, it felt like she was hitting me over the head with a dictionary.