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单词 information
释义
informationin‧for‧ma‧tion /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən $ -fər-/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • For further information, please write to the following address.
  • Harrington was arrested for selling government information to other countries.
  • I'm looking for some information about breast cancer research.
  • Ray just told me an interesting piece of information.
  • The book contains information on how to find a job abroad.
  • The guidebook has detailed information about the hotels in the area.
  • The tourist office will be able to give you the information you need.
  • The Web site provides the latest information on Medicare and Medicaid.
  • We need more information before we make a decision.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorinformation
facts or details about a situation, event, person, place etc: · We need more information before we make a decision.information about/on: · The book contains information on how to find a job abroad.· I'm looking for some information about breast cancer research.give/provide information: · The tourist office will be able to give you the information you need.· The Web site provides the latest information on Medicare and Medicaid.further information written (=more information): · For further information, please write to the following address.piece of information: · Ray just told me an interesting piece of information.detailed information (=containing a lot of facts): · The guidebook has detailed information about the hotels in the area.
a piece of information that can be proved to be true: · I'm not interested in your opinions - I just want to know the facts.fact about: · It's important that young people learn the facts about drugs.· The book is full of interesting facts about plant life.fact that: · He's never tried to hide the fact that he spent time in jail.
all the smaller pieces of information that you need to know about something that you already know about in a general way: · There's a big jazz festival in May. I'll give you the details if you want.details of/about: · The details of specific cases cannot be made public.· The doctor asked me for details about my eating and exercise habits.provide/give details: · He said the meeting was next month, but he didn't give any specific details.further details written (=more details): · For further details, contact the conference organizer.full details (=all the details): · Full details about the company's plans will be announced in several months.
especially spoken information: · Sandra will give you all the info you need.info on/about: · For more info on the show, call this number.· The dinosaur exhibit is pretty neat with lots of info about each period.
information that is used when you write a story, article, speech etc: · There wasn't enough material to write a whole book.· I've been unable to find any reference material on the subject of interracial adoptions.· The stories he collected became material for the biography he is now writing.
facts, numbers, and other information that have been collected and stored, especially on a computer: · This computer can store as much data as many larger models.· He has to trawl through vast amounts of economic data.data on/about: · The spacecraft has sent back new data about Jupiter's atmosphere.
a collection of information
a collection of information, about a person, subject etc that is kept by an organization such as a school, a company, or the police: · Only a few people are allowed to see these files.file on: · Could you bring me the file on the West murder, please?keep a file on somebody/something: · The FBI keeps files on all suspected terrorists.keep something on file (=store it in a file): · We keep copies of all applications on file.
information that is collected gradually over a long period of time, so that it can be looked at when necessary: · Our records are continually updated.medical/personnel/criminal etc record: · According to your medical records, you had an operation five years ago.· I've checked the student records, and I can't find any mention of her name.record of: · The records of births, marriages, and deaths were all destroyed in the fire.keep a record (=write down details of things as they happen): · Keep a record of all your expenses during the trip.
a very large collection of information kept on a computer: · We can check the database to see whether the book is in stock.database of: · The company has a database of over 23,000 hotels that allow pets.
to write down information
: write something down · If I don't write his phone number down now, I'll forget it.write down something · Make a chart and write down the results of the experiment.· He wrote down all the prices in a little notebook.
to write down information or store it on a computer, so that it can be looked at later, especially official information about numbers or amounts: · Only 13 cases of this disease have ever been recorded.· The meteorological office recorded the lowest rainfall in 10 years.
providing a lot of information
providing a lot of new or useful information: · The lecture was very informative and helpful.· Jim found the library staff friendly and informative.· The informative newsletter is published once every two months.
formal providing a lot of new or useful information: · The President described his conversation with the Russian leader as enlightening.· She has given us some truly enlightening insights into the subject of personality disorders.
to find out information from someone
to find out information from someone by asking them questions or by forcing them to tell you: find out something: · "Did you find out her views on the subject?" "No, she wouldn't tell me."find out what/how/when etc: · He asked me to find out what your plans are after you leave.find something out: · Will you see if you can find anything out about Sandy?
informal to find out a particular piece of information from someone, especially by forcing them to tell you: · Jed admitted he'd been at the scene, but that's all I could get out of him.· We'll get the truth out of her sooner or later.
to find out something from a person, a book, the Internet etc: · To get more information, telephone or contact us on our website.· You will be able to get most of the information you need from the school library.get information about/on: · I've written to the tourist information centre to get some information about the area.
formal to find out information from someone who does not want to give it, by asking them questions or by using physical force: · Police questioned the prisoner for several hours, but were unable to extract any further information.extract something from somebody: · The court ruled that her confession had been unlawfully extracted from her.
to find out information from someone who is unwilling to give it, especially by being clever, making them feel they can trust you etc: · He didn't want to tell me her name but I managed to worm it out of him.
to get information from someone who does not want to tell you it, especially by asking a lot of questions: · If she doesn't want to tell you, there's no point in trying to drag it out of her.
knowing a lot about something
someone who is knowledgeable knows a lot of different facts, especially about a particular subject or activity: · Visitors should use reputable travel firms with knowledgeable guides, and avoid camping alone.knowledgeable about/in: · Gradually the band became more knowledgeable about the business dealings in the music industry.
knowing a lot about what is happening, especially about what is happening in the world: · "Le Monde' is a newspaper designed for well-informed readers.· According to one well-informed source, the two sides are very near to reaching an agreement.well-informed about: · Abdul Karim was particularly well- informed about American politics.
to know a lot about a particular subject or about various subjects, so that you are usually able to answer anything that people ask you: · The British Ambassador proved to be a mine of information on the subject of the Royal Family.
British /be up on American spoken to know a lot about something, including the most recent information: · How well up are you on men's fashion?· Don't ask me - I'm not really up on current events in that part of the world.
to always know what changes and developments are happening in a particular situation or organization: have your finger on the pulse of: · As a manager of a bookshop, I have to have my finger on the pulse of the publishing industry.
to make sure that you know all the most recent news about what is happening somewhere or about new developments in a particular subject: · When we lived abroad, we always kept abreast of what was happening at home.· It's very important for students to keep up to date with developments in their own field of study.
when most people know something
especially spoken say this when you think most people know something and you would be surprised if someone did not know it: · Haven't you heard Anja's pregnant? I thought everyone knew.everyone knows (that): · Everyone knows that for a democracy to truly work, everyone has to get involved in some way.everyone knows how/what/why etc: · Surely everyone knows how to change a light bulb!
use this about facts and ideas that most people know about, or that all the people in a particular group know about: · Her views on the single European currency were well known.it is well known that: · It is well known that people who smoke are more likely to get lung diseases.· It was well known that Mr. Walters was interested in our mother.
if information about someone is common knowledge , a lot of people know about it, even when that person would prefer to keep it a secret: · It's common knowledge here in Miami that this whole operation was paid for with cocaine money.be common knowledge that: · It's already common knowledge that their marriage is breaking up.
if an unpleasant fact is no secret , everyone knows about it: · Everyone knows they hate each other, it's no secret.be no secret that: · It was no secret that Morrison was with the CIA, but nobody knew exactly what he did.
if something is an open secret , it is supposed to be secret but most people know about it: · Her relationship with a French millionaire is pretty much an open secret around here.be an open secret that: · It's an open secret that organized crime has been financing films here for years.
when a government allows people to know what is in official government records, documents etc: · Freedom of information should be a basic right in a democracy.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + information
· The information he gave me was very useful.
· Are you sure this information is correct?
· He was jailed for providing false information to the police.
(=about the subject you are interested in)· Some of the information in the article is not particularly relevant.
· That information was confidential and should not have been passed on.
· For more information, visit our website.
· The police have received new information about the case.
(=information that has been discovered very recently)· We have access to all the latest information.
· This leaflet should provide you with all the necessary information.
· More detailed information is available free on request.
· The financial information contained in the report is based on the company's audited accounts.
(=information explaining what happened before the present situation)· He gave us some background information about the trial.
verbs
· Do you have any information about coach trips to Oxford?
· The documents contained top secret information.
· It is vital that people receive the information they need.
· a booklet giving information about local education services
· The job consisted of gathering information about consumer needs.
· When I needed information for my report, Jack was always extremely helpful.
(also seek information formal)· Journalists going to the building to seek information were denied entry.
(=give information to each other)· The meetings provided an opportunity to exchange information.
formal (=give it to a lot of people)· The internet plays a key role in disseminating information.
phrases
(also an item of information formal)· He provided me with several useful pieces of information.
(=someone or something that can provide information)· Newspapers are valuable sources of information.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Police say they acted on information received.
 Additional information can be obtained from the centre.
(=since the Internet has become widely used)· Business has had to evolve in the information age.
· I wrote asking for information about language classes.
· This leaflet has been designed to provide some basic information.
· For further details contact the Tourist Information Centre.
 A computer system is used to collate information from across Britain.
· The information we have is fairly comprehensive.
 computerized information
· There’s a lot of conflicting information about what is best for you to eat.
· Your movements also convey information to people.
· I’m not sure that I’ve been given the correct information.
· The government did not publicize this crucial information.
 Some companies have already voluntarily disclosed similar information.
 It is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees.
· You can get essential travel information from the website.
 They used torture to extract information about their families.
 Libraries are stores of factual information.
 Visit our website for further details.
 He was fined $300,000 for making inaccurate statements to Congress.
 the tourist office Is there a lost property office?
 the modern day information overload
 Send away for your free information pack today.
 Let me give you a piece of advice. We’re witnessing a piece of history in the making.
 If you would like to receive further information, return the attached form.
· If in any doubt, seek the advice of a senior officer.
 They have access to up-to-date information through a computer database.
 The general lacked up-to-the-minute information at the crucial moment.
· She gave me some useful advice.
· The police were contacted by a number of people who had valuable information about the bombings.
· The radio was a source of vital information on sea and weather conditions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· To see how men began to entertain values and engage in the pursuit of excellence we need additional sources of information.· For additional information please read Jan.· The additional property information form is appropriate for leasehold property.· If you need additional assistance or information, phone direct to Myrtle Beach at 0-800-89-1390.· For additional information the original papers should be consulted.· The searcher is kept better informed as to related terms under which additional information or documents have been indexed.· It gives additional information which can be used as experience grows and by those who already possess some knowledge of Homoeopathy.· The figure therefore gives the possible combinations of project outcome and additional information.
· Different interpretations might be applied to different organizations, but the basic information needs are the same.· It provided basic information on Soviet missile testing and, development.· The basic information they needed had been discovered more than two centuries before.· Many genealogists are surprised to find that some of the most basic information is not on the Internet.· But many poor countries lack even basic information about existing education and health programmes.· Another study found that acquainting students with basic job information in high school was associated with higher earnings in the future.· An investment overview should therefore quickly impart the essential basic information which will interest the potential purchaser.· It includes basic information for the newcomer either as a solo performer or as a team flyer.
· The first concerns the definition of confidential information.· He has his confidential sources of information.· Schering disclosed what it regarded as confidential information to Falkman and the expert for this purpose.· A separate venue must be available, however, if confidential information is to be considered in relation to nursing care.· Thus if the confidential information was published in full detail then the initial recipient would not have a head start.· Whether or not a policy exists, social services staff have a legal duty to keep confidential all information which is given to them.· Treat as completely confidential any information they bring to you.· For example, online techniques are being increasingly used for the rapid transmission of confidential non-publicly available information.
· The ability to search for supporting detailed information as time and necessity dictate. 11.· Many asked for more clearly presented and detailed information with less false claims.· More detailed information can be obtained on an adhoc basis.· For more detailed information about the allocation of Offline Manager privilege, see Section 11 of this manual.· The detailed information that my hon. Friend requires can be found in documentation that has been placed in the Library.· More detailed information is available free on request.· Documentation is well written and contains detailed information on usage of the function calls.· All three send out very detailed information which should help you to decide whether open learning really is for you.
· However it can be used when the buyer is clearly seeking factual information.· They serve as role models and sources of factual information for other teens.· In practice this may not be onerous as very limited factual information is contained in the typical advertisement.· Many respondents criticized campus police for not disclosing enough factual information about the racial events, fueling rumors and speculation.· The approach to course design emphasises the development of understanding of key ideas rather than extensive memorisation of detailed factual information.· Yes, you memorized all types of lists and pieces of factual information with regard to, say, the physical sciences.· In historical writing you may need a great deal of factual information to support your argument or opinion.· Use the written word when possible, particularly for factual information of times, prices, dates, sizes and explicit details.
· CompuServe is serious, a great place for financial information or technical advice about your computer.· Careful consideration should be given to the timing of the release of both beneficial and potentially awkward financial information.· It even went so far as to share financial information that previously had been restricted to management.· B in markets for news and financial information.· As noted in Section 5.1.3, financial information is required by planners at the corporate level.· The financial information on credit reports, such as bank accounts and loans, is tightly regulated.
· Please complete the attached coupon for further information.· There were also several other schemes for which further information was not subsequently obtained.· Look for these products in your high street stores or write for stockists and further information to Abbey Kapok & Fillings,.· For further information on this service contact the Occupational Pensions Board on.· For further information see the expedition report.
· Some of these rules prohibit the misuse of inside information.· When Milken trades junk bonds, he has inside information.· Almost any conversation with a company would probably put the analysts in possession of inside information.· Of course, not everyone gets caught, nor do the laws cover everyone with inside information.· A number of the Take-over Panel rules prohibit trading on the basis of inside information.· On the day the inside information was made public, the price of the share concerned jumped to reflect it.· As there are no Premier games between now and 14 Jan, we all have the same inside information.· In Britain, the balance of the equation favouring the exploitation of inside information is changing.
· Inventions - the discovery of new information about the production process - are a particular example of this general theme.· He found that over two-thirds of the neurons increase their activity when a new item of information enters memory.· Stinson gives as much definition as one reasonably can, but there is no new information here.· Those guidelines evolved over time as new information was acquired.· The impression you gave that I provided your reporter with new information following the meeting is totally false.· The possible impacts of these new information technologies are considered later in this chapter.· This information may be relevant as a reminder or it may be presented as new information.· They allow you to acquire new information more reliably.
· Try processing all the relevant information contained in the problem to help you come up with one plausible explanation.· The market permits people to make decisions and to act without going through the impossible task of collecting all the relevant information.· The social workers were bound by rules of confidentiality and legal requirements which prevented them from revealing any relevant information.· But the reader has no way of knowing because the relevant information has not been given by the writer.· Always answer with a greeting and any relevant information, such as' Good morning!· All those decision making activities for which relevant information existed only in implicit form were carried out exclusively by experts.· To ensure a mutually beneficial outcome it is necessary that both parties be fully informed of all relevant information.· The professional therefore needs to keep an open mind to check on relevant information.
· Each is a slim volume but so packed with useful information and recipes that the price of £4.99 seems modest.· Maps, climate charts and fact boxes provide instant, useful information.· Both naturally-occurring and artificial isotopic mixtures can give useful information.· Other useful information includes file size and date.· Similarly, the Investment Business Gazettes offer concise and very useful supplementary information.· What useful management information is available from the accounting system from which the annual accounts are produced?· This amount may be expressed as a ratio of the amount of useful information compared to the amount of redundant information.· But whatever his motives, he soon realized that he had tapped a very useful vein of information in Ted Morgan.
· The Commissions of Inquiry Act was to be amended to prevent the withholding of vital information.· So we rely on instruments and probes to provide vital information.· The helpline for former pupils, staff and parents is producing vital new information.· All night long, serious, important matters were addressed; vital information was exchanged.· I made sure the vital information was given out as simply as possible, without any of the accepted police jargon.· In both cases it is the position of the lips that conveys much of the vital information.· We hope that you will continue to provide us with this vital information as we embark together on the second piloting year.· She does not work in isolation, and poor records will deprive others involved in teaching of vital information about the student.
NOUN
· The symbolism is complicated and relies on a great deal of background information.· There are also chapters with background information on birding and a list of species with range maps.· Pupils need an introduction to the topic, and may need background information to appreciate what they will see on site.· The knowledge of a critic is useful here for filling in relevant background information.· The Working Party has met on several occasions and a research project is under way to provide all relevant background information.· In documentary-style demonstration material the commentary is used to provide background information.· In addition they draw on all kinds of background information they may have about that particular situation.· It was only to be expected that the contestants would take note of this background information, in one way or another.
· Nor does it seem that systems of information retrieval will come to his help for a long time, if ever.· Web server functions can be categorized into information retrieval, data and transaction management, and security.· Orientation is also concerned with the creation of a positive attitude to this kind of information retrieval.· Instruction is concerned with enabling the user to learn in detail how to carry out computerized information retrieval.· Thus lectures might be suitable for providing a general introduction to a course on information retrieval.· The part of the programme which had received highest priority was the introductory course in information retrieval for the engineering undergraduates.· Increasing relevance to practical information retrieval.· Train pupils in methods of information retrieval 4.
· Skymaster is stuck in a conundrum that affects a lot of electronic information services.· Consumer information services are a new type of catalog business.· Club activities centre on monthly meetings, an information service and the production of application demonstrators.· The three concerns will focus on high-growth information markets, financial information services and consumer-product market research.· The 127 were then divided into three sectors: information services, telecommunications services and hardware.· This technology could attract more home users to information services.· Others cover patents and information technology, and there is back-up from library and other information services.· J., information service said.
· The information system aims to support decision-making and the decisions ought to be directed towards achieving the goals of the organisation.· They also provide services for the Internet, information systems, telecommunications and Web server use.· The information system is updated by a monthly pack which is sent to all bureaux.· Information systems are introducing similar quality improvement programs to link information systems with basic business needs.· So the service offers a payment system and a management information system rolled into one.· Manman/X is the Unix version of Ask's business information system that supports all aspects of manufacturing.· A fourth approach removes all decision taking into the information system itself and is called a decision-taking system.· Some fear that the information system is regarded as an easy target for cuts.
· Of the three information technology sectors telecommunications services was pack leader with 7.7% turnover growth and 13.1% median pre-tax growth.· Through the information technologies they have spawned, computers step up the pace of the ticking.· Entries for information technology were increasing significantly at all levels, the results show.· There is some basis for this hope, since information technologies are becoming powerful aids to learning and communication.· Others cover patents and information technology, and there is back-up from library and other information services.· Norstan is an information technology, networking and communication system business based in Minneapolis.· There are implications from this analysis for the application of information technology within organisations which will be explored in Chapter 6.· They overlapped but each new phase rapidly established dominance in the world of information technology.
VERB
· When it's ill-conceived, ill-considered or based on incomplete information, the Profitboss won't criticize the critic.· They can not make informed decisions based on serious print information.· Whoever the commentator is, the opinions expressed are often only beliefs based on sketchy information that is only indirectly relevant.· Compiled by Darrel Koehler, Herald staff writer, and based on information supplied by the attraction listed.· One always had to start with some ideas based on the available information.· Criticize or defend this claim in terms of evidence based on the information presented in chapters 3 through 6. 14.· We now accept that the report was based upon inaccurate information and conveyed completely the wrong impression about Linford.· Finally the research is based on information collected from the ASWs themselves.
· Cover is $ 5 at the door. Call 544-2427 for more information.· Admission is free. Call 722-1255 for information.· It runs from December 26 to January 1. Call 628-7785 for information on local activities.· Admission is $ 15. Call 206-6988 for information.· There is no word yet regarding an alternative line-up, but you can call 882-0400 for more information.· The show starts at 10 p. m. and admission is $ 5 at the door. Call 628-8844 for more information.
· The authority is hoping to collect as much information as possible on the Tees course fishery in the light of the river's barrage development.· As the most active trader, Salomon collected more information about prices and customer demand than its competitors.· Another method is to collect information on structural and other contextual properties and to use these as a basis for sampling.· While positioning itself to be the provider of new media, the company is collecting extensive information about this emerging market.· Most local authorities now have a research and intelligence unit to collect and analyse information on their areas.· It will force you to collect information on yourself.· One difficulty of primary sources is that a purist definition tends to suggest that the writer has personally collected the information.· While government statisticians will return to work this week, they will still need time to collect and analyze information.
· Anyone wanting further information should contact John McIntosh on 031-557 4117.· For more information, contact Tony Davis, 422-6486, ext. 215.· Anyone with information should contact the police on.· Anyone with information is asked to contact Dursley Police.· For further information, contact John McLean Fox at the above address.· For further information contact the Valley Leisure Centre.· The owner who doesn't want to be named, is urging anyone with information to contact the police.
· A package may therefore contain any mixture of information judged relevant to its application.· Other sites containing X Games information have already begun to pop up.· The dictionary definitions contain the information about the irregular derivations.· My newspaper contained information from the high school on homeroom assignments.· Viewfinders also commonly contain displays of useful information such as the state of the battery and the mode of operation in use.· These transmit coded signals containing information from highly accurate atomic clocks on board.· The database contains failure history information and the graphics interface allows circuit diagrams and drawings to be displayed.· It usually contained very little general information on the country he had visited.
· Some companies have already voluntarily disclosed similar information.· When prosecutors refused to disclose information about their procedures, a federal district judge dismissed the charges against the five defendants.· Coetzee was found guilty of currency smuggling, telephone tapping and disclosing official information.· Trading in Rohr shares was halted by exchange officials yesterday until the company disclosed more information about the acquisition.· The writer Tony Geraghty was similarly charged last year for disclosing information about mass surveillance by the army in Northern Ireland.· Customers were not told about the fees in advance; they were disclosed later on their information tickets.· Anyone who discloses financial information via the internet is vulnerable to fraud or electronic mix-ups.· Many respondents criticized campus police for not disclosing enough factual information about the racial events, fueling rumors and speculation.
· As we exchanged information, the Alsatian sat at our feet, licking the salt out of an empty crisp packet.· Children exchange information with one another in their conversations and learn to view events from the position of others.· Strictly speaking, the Internet is an international network of computers linked up to exchange information.· It is very helpful to exchange information and coping measures with other sufferers of the disease and their families.· The meetings provided an opportunity to exchange information about future events and to discuss problems of mutual interest.· Bulletin boards are a low-tech way to exchange information.· Both sides also agreed to exchange information on a weekly basis between senior military commanders on troop deployments and movements.· There are also local credit associations that exchange credit information.
· From him Méli, who was much more interested in eating his lobster, extracted a little information.· If they were captured by the Border Security Forces, well, it was pretty hard to extract information from a camel.· The wine mellowed the atmosphere between them, and Blanche felt less hurried than the week before to extract information from him.· The fact that some one can extract meaningful information from network traffic is nothing new.· Dealers, sometimes surreptitiously encouraged by their firms, would go to great lengths to extract information from employees of rival firms.· A third feature becomes clear when we extract from the cosmogonies information which is relevant at this point.· His fear is that he will be tortured to extract information about his brother.· Somehow she has to try to extract the information she wants from the information she gets.
· It is part of the function of the clearinghouses to gather this unreported information - systematically if possible.· Their other function was to gather information, again to be employed for propaganda.· The new organisation's assessors will conduct local visits and will gather information on patients' experience of the doctor's service.· But up to this point, nobody has figured how to gather and provide that information.· The research has sought to gather comprehensive information on financial support to firms in the study area over the period 1974-84.· Your only interest in life is to gather information that will locate.· Grocery and discount stores give shoppers with buyers' cards special discounts in exchange for permission to gather information on their purchases.· Clinical trials not only collect and analyze medical data, they also gather information on the costs of alternative treatments.
· I must take no notice of their politeness or kindness which was designed to trap me into giving information.· Lev is simply thinking out his actions aloud, with no desire to give anyone any information.· They give managers additional information on which to base their judgements, but they do not provide a company control system.· Both of these techniques give information about the solid surface rather than the bulk.· The wind-tunnel tests had given useful information about the high-pressure areas and the maximum wind force to be expected.· I think I should give you some general information about Lilliput.· I am convinced they are giving the information I need to some people, just not to me.
· These include extra physical information from the pattern level - namely some measure of word length and word shape.· Services to parents and teachers include providing requested information, duplicating materials, and helping plan and prepare teacher-made materials.· This includes the syntactic information and the root index for the word.· Your editor should ask for your opinions, why you chose certain words or decided to include or omit information.· He will sell anything he can lay his hands on in exchange for drugs, which includes any information he may have.· A typical day includes offering information to dozens of tourists and picking up litter.· This policy was included in the mid-March information pack.· If this letter reaches you, please write back and try to include the following information: 1.
· Others need the extra information to answer readers' letters, whose numbers in some instances can be quite substantial.· He did not need quite so much information.· There are many areas of everyday life where we may need to write for information, eg when booking a holiday.· They need to provide better information and more evidence of courtesy, caring and professional competence, researchers concluded.· Prevention New parents may need some information in understanding the developmental progress of bowel function.· In order to be able to help effectively, we need to hold personal information on file.· They are explicit, in Objective 5, that users need information for evaluating efficiency and effectiveness.· Please contact me in Oxford if you need any further information.
· She sought to discover where he had obtained the information he was supposed to have passed on to a Sunday newspaper.· We were convinced we were right, that we had satisfied state and federal standards for obtaining information from a journalist.· It also seems that psychiatrists are sometimes unaware of the difficulties that general practitioners may face in obtaining the information required.· Our first step is to obtain information about the hens' own point of view.· The morphological system can require a long time to obtain the syntactic information for a word.· How best to obtain information about health services is the subject of much debate within and between disciplines engaged in such research.· You can obtain further information and an application form from the address given below.· The purchaser's solicitors will raise preliminary enquiries with the vendor's solicitors to obtain general information about the property.
· He was alleged to have passed information to the Brussels ring.· He passes this information on to his boss who is always well prepared for project review meetings.· It checks calls and recovers them in case of a failure and passes the information back to the initiating program.· Informed by the two farmers, local authorities passed the information up the chain of command.· It passed this information on in a terrible hushed whine that seemed to creep in and fill the head.· She allegedly tipped her son, who passed the information on to his business associates, Paul Tsang and Robert Guerin.· A paddle stroke is like any other model or diagram which is used to pass on information.· Kopyion had expressed a great deal of interest in these killings but had not passed on all the information available to him.
· However, its purpose seems to be viewed as one of providing information.· It is also provides an information representation scheme.· The project provides a control and information system that meets the needs of the Barcelona company for the foreseeable future.· Young, which provides local stations information on progress in ad sales, said they could not reveal studies done for clients.· It provides some information on biomechanical properties of the rectal wall.· The analogy of the sales pitch is revealing, for advertisers do not promote their product merely by providing information about it.· Free market equilibrium occurs at E. A government agency now provides information about the product.
· Many people receive information about politics from their conversations with others.· And fax machines that enable you to send and receive pages of information anywhere in the world - in seconds.· All freshmen who attend optional orientation sessions receive information on date rape.· The survey also found that a quarter of foster parents had received no written information on the Act.· Investigators said they received information that Berry set off the bomb himself.· They receive information on it from people they trust, and whose opinion they hold in high regard.· Communicating is an exchange-a giving and receiving of information.
· And new efforts also tend to require special information, more data, new sources of knowledge.· After patients supply their medical records, a company medical team contacts their physicians for any required information not in the records.· Although managers require up to date information they have access to more information on a day to day basis than external users.· A telephone service helps users locate information, varieties of material needed, prices, and other required information.· More often than not, to account for linguistic phenomena we require diverse kinds of information from different components of a grammar.· There are other higher-level categories, such as Strategic, which requires information from all areas for planning purposes.
· There are also leasing companies happy to share information.· It had evolved into a powerful but unintimidating small appliance for organizing and sharing information.· The different police forces share their information and that has led to some proposed gatherings being stopped.· It even went so far as to share financial information that previously had been restricted to management.· Participants agreed to share information and resources, review regional training programmes, and cooperate wherever possible.· When management shared such information, employees could understand the need to change.· Male speaker It's very important to share information and in the Aids field this works very well.· Would you please share this information with your readers?
· At the outset we should be aware of the problems of using this type of information.· Without those who have used information in the past and know how to get to it again, information it-self gets lost.· Advanced computer technology then uses the information to stimulate human deliberation in tackling management and production problems.· Newborns also can process visual information, remember what they have seen, and use that information.· Calculations can be carried out using information from the files. 3.· You can then use this information in a variety of ways.· The cheat uses the information provided by its opponent and gives nothing away about itself.· This makes it hard to use the information it provides constructively.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► too much information!► for somebody's information
  • For your information, he really was sick yesterday.
  • A copy of the formal decision notice is enclosed for your information.
  • After you ask for your information, we key in the request and kick it back out.
  • Details of the amounts due to be billed and the properties concerned are set out on the attached sheet for your information.
  • He further stated his concerns by forwarding a paper to the Action Committee for their information.
  • Like the summary, comments will not print with the text but can be displayed on the screen for your information.
  • Of TheStreet.co.uk's 180,000 registered subscribers, 100,000 had given permission for their information to be passed on to third parties.
  • Printed forms produced by the Law Society Records Office must be used, not the sample forms supplied for information only.
  • The sample forms supplied for information only should not be used.
  • This case is for information only.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Can an exchange of ideas across different languages be of any general value?
  • Click on an icon to begin an exchange of ideas.
  • Clubs provide education, exchange of ideas and often show a profit.
  • Communication problems may occur in the exchange of information and the expression of emotion.
  • It does mean learning to cultivate the exchange of ideas and viewpoints.
  • Oppenheimer also knew that science can not proceed without the free exchange of information.
  • The key factor is the exchange of information to deal with international crime.
  • They defined administration as routine communication activities such as paperwork and exchange of information.
  • As they exchanged ideas and memories, both felt richer.
  • Both sides also agreed to exchange information on a weekly basis between senior military commanders on troop deployments and movements.
  • Bulletin boards are a low-tech way to exchange information.
  • Children exchange information with one another in their conversations and learn to view events from the position of others.
  • He needs to be able to exchange ideas, express moods and emotions.
  • Meeting together at a disability arts event can also provide rare opportunities for disabled people to exchange ideas.
  • The meetings provided an opportunity to exchange information about future events and to discuss problems of mutual interest.
  • There are no formal ties between the national clearinghouses but they maintain regular contact, and exchange information, newsletters and materials.
  • Freedom of information should be a basic right in a democracy.
  • A lack of labelling contradicts the principles of freedom of information and freedom to choose.
  • Britain is one of the few democracies that still doesn't have a freedom of information act.
  • Does not that hostility to the charter give the lie to the Opposition parties' request for freedom of information?
  • He opposed the Government over the Official Secrets Act in 1989 and has consistently backed the cause of freedom of information.
  • She has been involved with promoting freedom of information in local government.
  • The steering committee did however recommend the appointment of a Prime Minister, and provision for greater freedom of information.
  • This would involve freedom of information and relocation of civil services to regions along with widespread decentralisation.
  • Yet Butler is no fan of freedom of information.
  • And in some cases, the information gathering exercise itself has its benefits.
  • Army intelligence supervised most of the information gathering and army technicians handled much of the technical work.
  • But in the mid-1970s there was an acrimonious conflict between the different intelligence gathering agencies in the province.
  • For once in the treacherous business of intelligence gathering, the question of mutual trust had been answered on sight.
  • He helped suppress the Matabele rising in 1896, and learned the elements of scouting and intelligence gathering.
  • It is vital that a reformulated strategy be built upon better intelligence gathering and better coordination of intelligence between agencies.
  • It would seem that much effort up to now has focused upon information gathering to the neglect of the other two processes.
  • The arcane field of intelligence gathering may prove him wrong, says Charles Grant.
  • But lack of documentation limits hard evidence.
  • But, again, the commission found no hard evidence that Mr Wahid had lied or misused the money.
  • For a few minutes longer Isabel tried to sort out hard facts from vague suspicions, with little success.
  • Its record provides hard evidence to support his picture of a service in rude health rather than decline.
  • Nothing in the way of hard facts, in any event.
  • There are surely many answers to this question, not one of which is impeccably established by hard evidence.
  • There is no hard evidence of files spirited away and even if they were, nobody knows whether they contain anything sinister.
  • This was a pseudo-historical theory for which there was no hard evidence.
► the information superhighway► inside information/the inside story etc
  • A trip to Brussels to meet the responsible officials can turn up a mine of information.
  • His column in the Angling Times was the first thing that I turned to and what a mine of information.
  • If used properly, the diary was a mine of information.
  • Study a local map and the Ordnance Survey, which is a mine of information.
  • Knowledge Adventure is very good at throwing out nuggets of information, and placing them into some sort of context.
  • The room grew silent as we all digested this nugget of wisdom.
  • It comprises a vast and ever-changing storehouse of information and entertainment.
  • Using as data what respondents say about themselves offers the social researcher access to a vast storehouse of information.
► a thirst for knowledge/education/information etc► titbit of information/gossip/news etc
Word family
WORD FAMILYnouninformantinformationinformermisinformationdisinformationadjectiveinformative ≠ uninformativeinformed ≠ uninformedverbinformmisinformadverbinformatively
1facts or details that tell you something about a situation, person, event etc:  I need more information.information that We have received information that Grant may have left the country.information about/on The book contains information about a wide variety of subjects.my/our etc information is (=used to say what you know about a situation) My information is that Gary wants to stay with the club. → inside information at inside3(2)RegisterIn everyday English, in informal contexts, people often use the expression tell someone something rather than using the noun information: I wonder if you could give me some information about your childhood. ➔ I wonder if you could tell me something about your childhood.GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?• Information is an uncountable noun and is not used in the plural. You say: · I need some information about hotels. ✗Don’t say: I need some informations about hotels.• Information is always followed by a singular verb: · The information is strictly confidential.• When talking about one fact or detail, you say a piece of information or a bit of information: · He told me an interesting piece of information.2American English the telephone service which provides telephone numbers to people who ask for them SYN directory enquiries British English3for somebody's information used when you provide a document or some information, because you think it may be useful for someone:  I'm attaching a copy of the report for your information.4For your information... spoken used when you are telling someone that they are wrong about a particular fact:  For your information, I’ve worked as a journalist for six years.5for information only written on copies of letters and documents that are sent to someone who needs to know about them but does not have to deal with them6too much information! spoken informal used when someone has just told you details that you think are embarrassing or unpleasant, and you do not want to hear any more:  'I was really ill at the weekend - I had to stay on the toilet all day.' 'Too much information!'—informational adjectiveCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + informationuseful/valuable· The information he gave me was very useful.correct/accurate· Are you sure this information is correct?wrong/false· He was jailed for providing false information to the police.relevant (=about the subject you are interested in)· Some of the information in the article is not particularly relevant.confidential/secret· That information was confidential and should not have been passed on.more/further/additional information· For more information, visit our website.new information· The police have received new information about the case.the latest information (=information that has been discovered very recently)· We have access to all the latest information.the necessary information· This leaflet should provide you with all the necessary information.detailed information· More detailed information is available free on request.financial/economic information· The financial information contained in the report is based on the company's audited accounts.background information (=information explaining what happened before the present situation)· He gave us some background information about the trial.verbshave information· Do you have any information about coach trips to Oxford?contain information· The documents contained top secret information.get/receive information· It is vital that people receive the information they need.give/provide information· a booklet giving information about local education servicescollect/gather information· The job consisted of gathering information about consumer needs.need information· When I needed information for my report, Jack was always extremely helpful.look for information (also seek information formal)· Journalists going to the building to seek information were denied entry.exchange information (=give information to each other)· The meetings provided an opportunity to exchange information.disseminate information formal (=give it to a lot of people)· The internet plays a key role in disseminating information.phrasesa piece/bit of information (also an item of information formal)· He provided me with several useful pieces of information.a source of information (=someone or something that can provide information)· Newspapers are valuable sources of information.
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