information
noun
Simple meaning
Things that are or can be known about a given topic.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.
The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
Used this way, information is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use information
- “The signal contained thousands of bits of information.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Provides
Service
Output
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Word Family
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Word family
Words built from the same root.
One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
Not formal.
Without formality.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A period beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became easily accessible through publications and through the manipulation of information by computers and…
A bulletin containing the latest information.
The act of collecting information.
A system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information.
The sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information.
A machine for performing calculations automatically.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
Relating to or having the nature of information.
The sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information.
A person who supplies information.
The template for protein synthesis.
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