information

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Facts or details about someone or something.

   I need more information about the train times.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of telling someone facts or details.

   For your information, the office is closed tomorrow.

Common collocations

• find information Verb + noun
• personal information Adjective + noun
• provide information Verb + noun
• share information Verb + noun
• detailed information Adjective + noun
• relevant information Adjective + noun
• gather information Verb + noun
• confidential information Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Late Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Late Latin fōrma Late Latin fōrmō Late Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Late Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information From Middle English enformacioun, informacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman informacioun, enformation, Old French information, from Latin īnfōrmātiō (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of īnformāre (“to inform”). Equivalent to inform + -ation.

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