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Definition information in American English

information noun

[uncountable] noun
/ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

▪ accurate, additional, available, background, classified, confidential, detailed, false, further, inside, new, relevant, up-to-date, useful, valuable

▪ access, acquire, collect, convey, disclose, divulge, elicit, extract, find, gather, get, give, glean, leak, obtain, provide, receive, retrieve

Information is an uncountable noun, so:

▪ it is never used in the plural

▪ it never comes after an or a number

✗ Consumers can find informations about products and services.

✓ Consumers can find information about products and services.

✗ TV helps people to get an important information.

✓ TV helps people to get important information.

✗ Their website provides many informations about classes you can take.

✓ Their website provides a lot of information about classes you can take.

✓ Their website provides a great deal of information about classes you can take.

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knowledge or facts about someone or something

Example

We were able to get the information we needed from the Internet.

Example

They were unable to provide much information.

Example

The police have information that he may now be living in Spain.

Example

We're not allowed to give you any information about our client's medical records.

Example

If you require any further information, please call back at any time.

Example

He gave us a very interesting piece of information.

Example

The book contains a lot of useful information.

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providing information

Example

an information service

Example

Send for your free information pack now.

Synonyms and related words
information data datum
Synonyms and related words
answering service blue pages the book
3

if you think what was said is the type of private information, you can stop them by saying 'Too much information!'

Example

When I said we used to kiss each other there, he stopped me and said: Too much information!

Definition information in American English

Related Words

Words related to information:

a mine of information (on/about) (phrase) a tidbit of (phrase) for someone’s information (phrase) for your information (phrase) freedom of information (noun) infobesity (noun) information (noun) information age (noun) information center (noun) information economy (noun) information gap activity (noun) information overload (noun) information processing (noun) information science (noun) information society (noun) information technology (noun) information theory (noun) information warfare (noun) interrogatory (noun) pseudo-information (noun) the Freedom of Information Act () the information superhighway (noun)