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informed¹

  • /ɪnˈfɔːmd/ UK
  • /ɪnˈfoɹmd/ Canada, US
  • /ɪnˈfoːmd/ Australia
  • /ənˈfoːmd/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From inform + -ed.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of inform

adjective more informed · most informed

  1. Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education. An informed young man delivered a lecture on the history of modern art.

    Similar: abreast, apprised, up to date, up-to-date

  2. Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation. Another informed and sobering estimate is that by 1800 indigenous populations in the western hemisphere were a tenth of what they had been three centuries before.

informed²

  • /ɪnˈfɔːmd/ UK
  • /ɪnˈfoɹmd/ Canada, US
  • /ɪnˈfoːmd/ Australia
  • /ənˈfoːmd/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From in- + formed; the first sense probably uses in- (“in”), while the second sense uses in- (“prefix of negation”).

adjective more informed · most informed

  1. obsolete Created, given form. after Nilus invndation, Infinite shapes of creatures men do fynd, Informed in the mud, on which the Sunne hath shynd.
  2. obsolete Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. But, mindfull still of your first countries sight, Doe still preserve your first informed grace, Whose shadow yet shynes in your beauteous face
  3. obsolete Not included within the figures of any of the ancient constellations. the informed stars

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: knowledgeable, au fait, knowing, enlightened, well-read, conversant, wise, advised, up on, familiar, au courant, aware, privy, educated, hip, hep

Translations

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adj instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education

Españolinformado, enterado, anoticiado
हिन्दीअवगत avgat
Portuguêsinformado
Françaisinformé
Italianoinformato

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@misc{informed_2026,
  title = {informed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/informed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}