info

/ˈɪnfoʊ/

/ˈɪnfəʊ/

Info is a fact — or many facts — about a person or a thing. When you ask for more info about a city you're visiting, you might want to know about its history, its public transportation, or its best restaurants.

Info is an informal, shortened form of information. You can get info by doing research at the library, searching online, or simply asking questions. To find out some basic info about a dance class, you could ask the teacher, for example. This casual, common word was coined at the very start of the 20th century, from information, from the Latin root informationem, "outline or idea."

Definitions of info

1. noun

   a message received and understood
   synonyms: information

   types:

   ammunition

   information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint

   factoid

   something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print

   misinformation

   information that is incorrect

   material

   information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form

   details, inside information

   true confidential information

   fact

   a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened

   data format, data formatting, format, formatting

   the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

   gen

   informal term for information

   database

   an organized body of related information

   intelligence, news, tidings, word

   information about recent and important events

   news

   informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone

   nuts and bolts

   detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished

   intelligence, intelligence information

   secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)

   confirmation

   information that confirms or verifies

   insider information

   important information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the public; use for personal profit is illegal

   arcanum, secret

   information known only to a special group

   secret

   something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)

   propaganda

   information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause

   course of study, curriculum, program, programme, syllabus

   an integrated course of academic studies

   news

   information reported in a newspaper or news magazine

   evidence

   (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

   read-out, readout

   the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device

   tabular matter, tabulation

   information set out in tabular form

   skinny

   confidential information about a topic or person

   stuff

   information in some unspecified form

   report, report card

   a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment

   list, listing

   a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

   computer database, electronic database, electronic information service, on-line database

   (computer science) a database that can be accessed by computers

   blowback

   misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service

   disinformation

   misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.)

   rehash

   old material that is slightly reworked and used again

   dope, low-down, poop, the skinny

   slang terms for inside information

   book, record, record book

   a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

   high-level formatting

   (computer science) the format for the root directory and the file allocation tables and other basic configurations

   initialisation, initialization, low-level formatting

   (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position

   subdata base

   a subset of data in a database that are used in a specific application

   basics, rudiments

   a statement of fundamental facts or principles

   index, index number, indicant, indicator

   a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time

   military intelligence

   information about the armed forces of another country that is useful in planning and conducting military policy or military operations

   good word

   good news

   latest

   the most recent news or development

   update

   news that updates your information

   reenforcement, reinforcement

   information that makes more forcible or convincing

   certification, corroboration, documentation

   confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

   confidence

   a secret that is confided or entrusted to another

   esoterica

   secrets known only to an initiated minority

   cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah

   an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

   open secret

   something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known

   countersign, parole, password, watchword, word

   a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

   trade secret

   a secret (method or device or formula) that gives a manufacturer an advantage over the competition

   agitprop

   political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema

   copy

   material suitable for a journalistic account

   crash course, crash program, crash programme

   a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency)

   reading program

   a program designed to teach literacy skills

   degree program

   a course of study leading to an academic degree

   business news

   news about businesses and investments

   account, news report, report, story, write up

   a short account of the news

   newscast

   a broadcast of news or commentary on the news

   coverage, reportage, reporting

   the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television

   hard news

   news that deals with serious topics or events

   soft news

   news that does not deal with serious topics or events

   stop press

   late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute

   exhibit

   an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence

   testimony

   a solemn statement made under oath

   corpus delicti

   the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

   direct evidence

   evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute

   circumstantial evidence, indirect evidence

   evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute

   corroborating evidence

   additional evidence or evidence of different kind that supports a proof already offered in a proceeding

   hearsay evidence

   evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge

   state's evidence

   evidence for the prosecution in criminal proceedings

   type of:

   content, message, subject matter, substance

   what a communication that is about something is about