Tra từ information - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of information
2 collecting information
3 storing information
giving information INFORM
see also KNOW, NEWS

1 different kinds of information
- facts that are heard, told or discovered about sth: information (about/on sb/sth) (noun U)
For further information on classes, please contact the secretary. ◎ The guidebook has a lot of useful information about Paris. ◎ reliable information (= information that you can be sure is true)
false information (= information that is not true)
a valuable piece of information
- if you have a lot of information about sth, you are well informed
He's extremely well informed on the subject.
- a piece of information that you know is true: fact
a scientific fact ◎ Stick to the relevant facts. ◎ The fact that he has a criminal record is not important in this case.
- a small piece of particular information about sth: detail (often plural)
Just tell me the basic facts - don't worry about all the details.
- detailed information: facts and figures (noun plural), (formal) particulars (noun plural)
Can you give us the particulars of all the items that were stolen?
- something that you do not want anybody else to know: secret; adjective: secret
I can't tell you; it's a secret. ◎ They tried to keep their relationship secret.
※ more on secrets SECRET
- a short description of the main points of sth, for example a report: summary, outline
a news summary ◎ I'll just give you an outline of what happened.
- to make a summary of sth: summarize sth
Can you summarize the main points for us?
- information about how to get to a certain place: directions (noun plural)
We'd better stop and ask for directions.
- information about how to use sth or how to do sth: instructions (noun plural)
instructions on how to operate the photocopier
- a collection of facts or information about sth: data (noun U)
Very little data is available on the subject. ◎ to gather/collect data
- numbers which have been collected to provide information about sth: statistics (noun plural); adjective: statistical (adverb statistically)
unemployment statistics ◎ statistical evidence ◎ It's been statistically proved.
- something that gives you a lot of useful information is informative; opposite: uninformative
Your letter was very informative. ◎ an informative guided tour

2 collecting information
- to get information about sth: find* sth out (about sth)
What did you manage to find out about his family?
- a place where you get information from (for example a person or a book): source (of information)
I heard it from a very reliable source.
- to get information: collect sth
I've collected my data - now I have to start analysing it.
- to collect information and arrange it in a list, book, etc: compile sth
He's compiling a dictionary of Indian English.
- careful study of sth in order to find out information about it: research (into sth) (noun U)
carry out research into tropical diseases ◎ medical/scientific research
- a list of questions that a researcher asks people in order to collect information about sth: questionnaire
answer/complete a questionnaire
- a report which is the result of research into people's behaviour, opinions, etc: survey
conduct a survey to find out about people's eating habits
※ more on research STUDY
- to collect information about sb/sth in a secret way: spy (on sb/sth)
spying on the enemy ◎ She's been accused of spying.
- a person who spies on another person, country or organization: spy

3 storing information
- a collection of papers containing information on a particular subject: file
We keep files on all our students.
- information which is stored in a file is on file
We should still have all the information on file.
- a list of names, etc: register
the class register
- a list of things, for example the things you can buy from a company, the books in a library, or the paintings in an exhibition: catalogue (AmE catalog)
- a list of facts, numbers, etc arranged in a series of rows and columns: table
- a book that contains information, for example a dictionary: reference book
- a book that contains information about a school, university, business, etc: prospectus
※ reference books BOOK
- a machine that can store and arrange information: computer
- a collection of data stored in a computer: database
※ more on storing and using information in computers COMPUTER
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- a piece of information that is useful to the police in helping to solve a crime: clue, lead
They spent the whole morning searching the house for clues. ◎ We're following up a number of useful leads.
- detailed information about sth: the ins and outs (of sth)
He didn't take long to understand all the ins and outs of the problem.
- to have information available whenever you need it: have sth at your fingertips
She has all the facts at her fingertips.