information
noun/ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃn/
(also informal info)
[uncountable]Слово англійською: information
Переклад information українською: інформа́ція, довідко́ве бюро́, інформаці́йне бюро́, інформаці́йні техноло́гії
Детальний опис
- facts or details about somebody/something
- a piece of information
- What was your main source of information for your article?
- The documents contain confidential personal information.
- More detailed information is not yet available.
- He refused to comment before he had seen all the relevant information.
- We will need a little more background information.
- to collect/gather/obtain/receive information
- to give/share/pass on information
- Your local council can provide information on sports facilities in your area.
- information about somebody/something For more information about the project, click on the link below.
- How can I get information about enrolling on the course?
- information on somebody/something For further information on this property, please visit our website.
- The guidelines are based on the latest scientific information.
- Our information is that the police will shortly make an arrest.
- for the information of somebody This leaflet is produced for the information of (= to inform) our customers.
- according to somebody's information According to my information (= according to what I have been told) work was due to start last week.
- You can go to the information desk for help.
Express Yourself Asking for informationAsking for informationWhen you want to find something out, it sounds more polite if you can phrase your questions in an indirect way:see also black information, freedom of information- Could you tell me how much all this will cost?
- Do you happen to know whether Amy Brown works here?
- I wonder whether you can help me. I'm trying to find out what has happened to my luggage.
- (North American English, informal) a phone service that you can use to find out a person's phone number synonym directory assistance
- data that is processed, stored or sent by a computer
- Algorithms are essential to the way computers process information.
- what is represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things
- the transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA
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Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘formation of the mind, teaching’), via Old French from Latin informatio(n-), from the verb informare ‘shape, fashion, describe’, from in- ‘into’ + forma ‘a form’.
Idioms
for your information
- (abbreviation FYI, fyi)(also for information only)written on documents that are sent to somebody who needs to know the information in them but does not need to deal with them
- This letter is for information only.
- (informal) used to tell somebody that they are wrong about something
- For your information, I don't even have a car.
a mine of information/data (about/on somebody/something)
- a person, book, etc. that can give you a lot of information on a particular subject
- This book is a mine of information on the Romans.
- The internet can be a mine of information.
- The questionnaire results proved to be a rich mine of empirical data.