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UK /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/ US /ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

accurate, correct, precise

false

The website contained false information about the company's history and products.

relevant, useful, valuable | useless

available

The latest information about the train schedule is available on the station website.

missing | fresh, new

latest, up-to-date

We need up-to-date information about the new safety requirements before we can start work.

additional, extra, further

general

The website provides general information about different types of health insurance plans.

basic

To apply for the job, you'll need to provide some basic information about your previous work experience.

background | detailed | factual | classified, confidential, secret

price-sensitive

The company was accused of trading stocks based on price-sensitive information before the announcement.

bibliographic, economic, educational, financial, social, technological, etc.

QUANT

item, piece

She found an important piece of information in the old newspaper that solved the mystery.

bit, fragment, nugget, scrap, snippet

He only gave me a small bit of information about the job before the interview started.

mine, wealth

The old library contained a wealth of information about the town's history.

VERB + INFORMATION

contain

have

I need to check if we have the latest information about the flight schedule.

retain, store

My phone automatically stores all the contact information I need for work and personal life.

need, require | ask for, request | look for, seek

find, gain, get, obtain

We obtained useful information from the travel website before planning our vacation.

collect, gather

The journalist spent months collecting information for her report on climate change.

receive

dig up

The journalist dug up important information about the company's safety violations.

extract, retrieve

The doctor extracted important information from the patient's medical history during the appointment.

access

She uses her phone to access information about local restaurants before deciding where to eat.

download

disclose, give, impart, make available, provide (sb with), supply (sb with)

The company decided to supply customers with detailed information about the product recall.

leak

A disgruntled employee leaked sensitive information about the company's new product.

pass on

My neighbor passed on the information about the community meeting to everyone on our street.

circulate, disseminate

The government circulated information about the new health guidelines to all schools in the region.

exchange

The two companies decided to exchange information about their suppliers to improve efficiency.

withhold

The company was accused of withholding important information about the product's safety risks.

cover up, suppress | collate, organize | check | analyse

present

The teacher presented the information clearly so all the students could understand it.

publish

act on, go on

The police decided to act on the new information they received from the witness.

INFORMATION + VERB

relate to sth

The company shared important information relating to the new safety procedures.

lead to sth

The witness provided information that led to the suspect's conviction.

INFORMATION + NOUN

service | bureau, desk, office, centre | source | system | processing

PREP

according to ~

According to information from the survey, most people prefer working from home two days a week.

for sb's ~

~ about/concerning/on/regarding

The doctor gave us important information about the treatment options available.

PHRASES

access to information, the exchange of information, the flow of information

The internet has made it easier for people to access information on almost any topic.

a lack of information, a request for information, a source of information

Definitions

noun

Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.

And now we come to the third keystone, information.⁸ Information may be thought of as a reduction in entropy—as the ingredient that distinguishes an orderly, structured system from the vast set of random, useless ones.⁹ Imagine pages of random characters tapped out by a monkey at a typewriter, or a stretch of white noise from a radio tuned between channels, or a screenful of confetti from a corrupted computer file. Each of these objects can take trillions of different forms, each as boring as the next. But now suppose that the devices are controlled by a signal that arranges the characters or sound waves or pixels into a pattern that correlates with something in the world: the Declaration of Independence, the opening bars of “Hey Jude,” a cat wearing sunglasses. We say that the signal transmits information about the Declaration or the song or the cat.¹⁰

Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.

I need some more information about this issue.

And ſo much yet did this contagion breake foorth to the harme of manie Inhabitants of his Towne, who affected the Vicont, that they which were encountred by the kinges troupes, (information being geuen of their demeanor) they were iudged to be of good prize, and voluntarely paid ranſom.

The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.

For your information, I did this because I wanted to.

At this time a great uneasiness became manifest among the Castilians, and it was rumored that Magallanes was going to deliver them over to the Portuguese; and they resolved to mutiny and seize the ships. Magallanes upon obtaining information of this was sorely grieved. He summoned the guilty ones before him one by one, but they flatly refused to come.

A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.

On May 21, 1792, the Attorney General filed an information against Paine charging him with seditious libel.

The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertaint

entropy

noun — a message received and understood

info

noun — a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

data

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

I need some more information about this issue.

Wiktionary

What changes the world is communication, not information.

Tatoeba · #1741

The information you gave me is of little use.

Tatoeba · #17723

I want specific information.

Tatoeba · #18363

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, information is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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