Meaning & use

information

noun·Everyday

Facts or details provided or learned about something.

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The librarian helped us find information for our research project.

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A note on using this word

Information is uncountable in English, so it is never used with an or in a plural form, even though similar nouns are countable in other languages.

Words with a similar meaning

datafactsdetails

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