/ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn/
Translation
Facts or details that you learn or tell someone about something.
Word origin
From Latin informatio, meaning an idea or outline, which came into English through Old French.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- informatio
Examples
more .
"Information" means facts or details about something.
website .
Here "information" is the helpful facts on the website.
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"Information" is uncountable, so it has no plural form.
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Grammar articles
(18)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
Phrasal Verbs with Look: 12 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal verbs in English: what they are, meanings, rules and examples
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Separable and inseparable phrasal verbs: the rules that matter
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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