in the loop

prepositional phrase

Informed; up to date; having current knowledge; part of the discussion.

“Please be sure to keep your manager and the customer contacts in the loop if you must make changes.”

Similar
in the know
Opposite
in the darkout of the loop
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Informed; up to date; having current knowledge; part of the discussion.

    Please be sure to keep your manager and the customer contacts in the loop if you must make changes.

    1 more example

    While I knew enough of the key players to be kept in the loop I was hardly the guy they went to to discuss tarsus length on Golden Plovers or the morphological differences in cranial structure of the Wandering Albatross complex.

    2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 128

    Synonyms: in the know · Antonyms: in the dark, out of the loop

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseInformed; up to date; having current knowledge; part of the discussion.

Similar
in the know
Opposite
in the darkout of the loop
Also see
in the picture

Translations

Dutch op de hoogte
  • op de hoogteinformed
French au courant
  • au courantinformed
German auf dem Laufenden
  • auf dem Laufendeninformed
Hebrew בתמונה
  • בתמונה (batemunah)informed
Polish zaznajomiony, w grupie zainteresowanych
  • zaznajomionyinformed
  • w grupie zainteresowanychinformed
  • na bieżącoinformed
Russian в ку́рсе, в ку́рсе де́ла
  • в ку́рсе (v kúrse)informed
  • в ку́рсе де́ла (v kúrse déla)informed
Cite this entry
APA

in the loop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20loop

MLA

“in the loop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20loop. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the loop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20loop.

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