INFORMATION


Meaning of INFORMATION in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

Information about someone or something consists of facts about them.

Pat refused to give her any ~ about Sarah...

Each centre would provide ~ on technology and training...

...an important piece of ~...

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2.

Information consists of the facts and figures that are stored and used by a computer program. (COMPUTING)

Pictures are scanned into a form of digital ~ that computers can recognize.

= data

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3.

Information is a service which you can telephone to find out someone’s telephone number. (AM; in BRIT, use directory enquiries )

N-UNCOUNT

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