{
    "term": "information",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "facts or details about somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "information about somebody/somethinginformation on somebody/somethingfor the information of somebodyaccording to somebody's information",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **piece of information**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What was your main **source of information** for your article?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The documents contain confidential **personal information**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More **detailed information** is not yet available."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He refused to comment before he had seen all the **relevant information**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will need a little more background information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **collect/gather/obtain/receive information**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **give/share/pass on information**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your local council can **provide information** on sports facilities in your area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For **more information** about the project, click on the link below.",
                    "contextForm": "information about somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How can I **get information** about enrolling on the course?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For **further information** on this property, please visit our website.",
                    "contextForm": "information on somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guidelines **are based on** the latest scientific **information**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Our information is** that the police will shortly make an arrest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This leaflet is produced for the information of *(= to inform)* our customers.",
                    "contextForm": "for the information of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "According to my information *(= according to what I have been told)* work was due to start last week.",
                    "contextForm": "according to somebody's information"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can go to the information desk for help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book is full of information on the construction of bridges."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the moment we have very little information to go on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have the information I need?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Further information is available on request."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you dug up any further information on the suspect?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is alleged that he gave false information to the tax authorities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was improper of the broker to withhold the information from the stock exchange."
                },
                {
                    "text": "James is able to retain an enormous amount of factual information in his head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New information will be posted on the internet twice a month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hackers accessed the personal information of roughly 400 000 patients."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He didn't volunteer that information, and I didn't ask."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She let slip a few nuggets of information about herself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Someone leaked information to the press."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The internet allows us to share information with our distributors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The information flows in both directions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leaflet provides contact information for your local branch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police are still questioning witnesses and gathering information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The research has yielded a lot of information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two countries exchange information on wanted criminals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The way you present the information is important."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are legal constraints on the use of price-sensitive information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They passed on the information about the crime to the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is the information age and there's an insatiable appetite for data and speed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a court order preventing an ex-employee from disclosing confidential information"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a reward for information leading to an arrest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an interesting piece of information"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an organization that collects and disseminates information about women in science"
                },
                {
                    "text": "basic information like date of birth and phone number"
                },
                {
                    "text": "financial information concerning a company"
                },
                {
                    "text": "general information about the company as a whole"
                },
                {
                    "text": "information gained from research"
                },
                {
                    "text": "information relating to the social background of the child"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the difficulties of extracting information from government officials"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the latest information on the situation in the Middle East"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to improve the flow of information within the company"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have any information about local buses?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For further information, contact us at the above address."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is accused of giving false information to the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Log onto our website for the most up-to-date information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One piece of information was particularly interesting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The information was passed on by the immigration service."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meeting is really to exchange information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This information is strictly confidential."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We do not give out this information over the phone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will need to collect as much information as possible."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accurate", "correct", "precise"],
                "… of information": ["item", "piece", "bit"],
                "verb + information": ["contain", "have", "retain"],
                "information + verb": [
                    "pertain to something",
                    "relate to something",
                    "lead to something"
                ],
                "information + noun": ["provider", "service", "booth"],
                "preposition": [
                    "according to information",
                    "for somebody’s information",
                    "information about"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "access to information",
                    "the exchange of information",
                    "the flow of information"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a phone service that you can use to find out a person's phone number",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "data that is processed, stored or sent by a computer",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Algorithms are essential to the way computers process information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "database systems that process and store information"
                },
                {
                    "text": "software that retrieves information from a variety of different sources"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Information is stored on their computerized databases."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "what is represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "written on documents that are sent to somebody who needs to know the information in them but does not need to deal with them",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This letter is for information only."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody that they are wrong about something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "For your information, I don't even have a car."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person, book, etc. that can give you a lot of information on a particular subject",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This book is a mine of information on the Romans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The internet can be a mine of information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The questionnaire results proved to be a rich mine of empirical data."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "in/information/information__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "in/information/information__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 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’."
}