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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

informação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ĩfɔʁmɐˈsɐ̃w

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Information/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #85 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O relatório fornece informações valiosas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Facts or details about a subject.

    "The report provided valuable information about the economic situation."
  2. 2

    The knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance.

    "She gathered all the necessary information before making her decision."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin stem 'information-', meaning 'outline, concept, or idea', which stems from the verb 'informare' (to give form to, to instruct). Entering Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century, the term initially denoted the act of teaching or training before shifting in the modern era to signify communicated knowledge and data.

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