HANDED DOWN Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

handed down

verb

past tense of hand down

as in passed (down)

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expropriated

as in informed

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Verb

The best conversations are those where clients feel heard, not just informed.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Her pitch, deeply informed by Billy’s sensibility and ideas and by the course of their encounter, is a brilliantly strange narrative that puts the character and vantage point of Little Death at the center of a film-within-a-film origin story.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 31 July 2026

Definition of informed

Verb

As the Herald reported, Rodriguez’s PAC disclosed the GMCVB’s ticket donation in a campaign-finance filing with the state that was posted online.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The prices of certain food items have increased by 300% to 400%, Khabar Online news agency reported.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of reported

Verb

The identity of the man who died will be released by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office after it is confirmed and his next of kin is notified.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
He will be identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office after next of kin have been notified.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

Definition of notified

Verb

But that conviction was dismissed after the revelation that a juror in the trial had not disclosed a domestic violence incident in her own background in order to win a seat on the panel, The Denver Post reports.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
In May 2025, TSA and ICE agreed to boost information sharing between the two agencies, according to a memo disclosed this week by the group American Oversight.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of disclosed

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Recent reports revealed that Collins’ son-in-law’s social media accounts contained white nationalist content, Nazi imagery and conspiracy theories.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
The announcement comes just days after rival OpenAI first revealed that its models improperly accessed the internet and went rogue during security testing.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of revealed

Verb

With The Pitt, that manifested as a harkening back to the classic medical drama in the mold of ER.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 July 2026
Let a hypothermic victim get some sleep After the shivering, confusion, slurred speech, and clumsiness of hypothermia have manifested, an exposure victim also gets drowsy.

— Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026

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