information

A1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/ UK /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #766

Meanings

1

noun
Facts or details about someone or something.

I need more information about the train times.
2

noun
The act of telling someone facts or details.

For your information, the office is closed tomorrow.

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1 noun · facts or details about... info

Word family

Forms informations

Derived forms advermationbioinformationcounterinformationcyberinformationdisinformationfyigeoinformationhyperinformationinfoinfobesityinfocommunicationsinfodemic

Related forms exformationinform informantinformaticsknowledge

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Phrases (10)

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find information
to locate or discover information

Verb + noun
personal information
data that relates to a specific individual and is considered private

Adjective + noun
provide information
to supply details or facts to someone

Verb + noun
share information
to communicate information with others

Verb + noun
detailed information
information that is thorough and covers many specifics

Adjective + noun
relevant information
information that directly relates to the matter at hand

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Information wants to be free

Etymology

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.

enformacioun Middle English informacioun xno information Old French īnfōrmātiō Latin

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# information

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/
**Frequency rank:** 766

## Meanings
1. Facts or details about someone or something.
2. The act of telling someone facts or details.

## Examples
- I need more information about the train times.
- For your information, the office is closed tomorrow.

## Derived Forms
- advermation
- bioinformation
- counterinformation
- cyberinformation
- disinformation
- fyi
- geoinformation
- hyperinformation
- info
- infobesity
- infocommunications
- infodemic

## Related Forms
- exformation
- inform
- informant
- informatics
- knowledge

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: enformacioun
- Root: informacioun
- Root: information
- Root: īnfōrmātiō
- Affix: -tion - act
- Affix: -ation - act

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Information comes 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. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *h₁én, Proto-Italic *en, Proto-Italic *en-, Proto-Italic *-tjō, Late Latin -tiō, Late Latin īnfōrmātiō, Middle English enformacioun, and English information. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- People & Society

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