informed
verbadjectiveadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɪnˈfɔːmd//
- United States//ɪnˈfɔɹmd//
Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
verb
- 1
Also a form of informsimple past and past participle of inform
Etymology
From inform + -ed.
adjective
- 1
Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
An informed young man delivered a lecture on the history of modern art.
- 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.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteCreated, given form.
after Nilus invndation, Infinite shapes of creatures men do fynd, Informed in the mud, on which the Sunne hath shynd.
- 2
obsoleteUnformed 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
obsoleteNot included within the figures of any of the ancient constellations.
the informed stars
Etymology
From in- + formed; the first sense probably uses in- (“in”), while the second sense uses in- (“prefix of negation”).
Forms
- comparative
- more informed
- superlative
- most informed
informed · Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.
informer · One who informs someone else about something.informing · informative; educationalinfrared · The electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than…