Hi. What does 'inform' mean in: The key to cross-cultural understanding is to ask questions, and for these questions to inform your listening and your observing.
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to give evident substance, character, or distinction to; pervade or permeate with manifest effect: A love of nature informed his writing.
— Mister Micawber
to give evident substance, character, or distinction to; pervade or permeate with manifest effect: A love of nature informed his writing.
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