information

The word “information” means facts or knowledge provided or learned about something. In plain terms, facts, details, or knowledge about something.

“Information” is pronounced ihn-fuh-MAY-shn (/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/ in IPA).

Here is “information” used in a sentence: “The leaflet contains useful information about local bus routes.”

“Information” is a noun.

The word “information” comes from Latin. From Old French information, from Latin informatio, "a forming of an idea," from informare — see inform.

“Information” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

“Information” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: facts or knowledge provided or learned about something.

Data is raw, unprocessed material, such as numbers, measurements, or facts with no context. Information is data that has been organized or interpreted so it means something. A list of temperatures is data; "this week was colder than last" is information drawn from it. Information answers a question; data alone often does not.

Information is facts provided or learned about something and can exist on a page or screen. Knowledge is information that a person has absorbed, understood, and can use. You gather information by reading; it becomes knowledge once you truly grasp it and can apply it. Knowledge lives in the mind; information can sit anywhere.

No. "Information" is an uncountable noun, so it takes no plural and no "a." You cannot say "an information" or "informations." Instead you quantify it with phrases like "a piece of information," "a bit of information," or "some information." The verb stays singular: "the information is helpful."

A train timetable is information: it tells you facts about departure times. So are a product's price, a recipe's ingredients, a weather forecast, or directions to a friend's house. Anything that gives you facts or knowledge about a subject counts as information, whether spoken, written, or shown on a screen.