# informed

Pronunciation: US say "in-FORMD" /ɪnˈfɔɹmd/; UK say "in-FAWMD" /ɪnˈfɔːmd/

## Adjective

1. Having knowledge of a fact or subject through instruction or study.
   - Simple: Knowing a lot about something because you have learned the facts.
   - _Voters who are well informed about the issues tend to ask sharper questions._
   - _A properly informed jury weighs every piece of evidence presented._
2. Based on knowledge and a proper understanding of the situation.
   - Simple: Made after learning the facts and thinking about them carefully.
   - _The board reached an informed decision after reviewing all the data._
   - _Informed consent requires that patients understand the risks involved._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of inform. — simple past and past participle of inform
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of inform. Use this form for telling someone something in the past.
   - _The agency informed residents of the upcoming road closures._
   - _Officials had informed the public well before the storm arrived._

## Adjective

4. Brought into being and given a definite shape or form. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Made into a real thing and given a shape.
5. Lacking proper form; misshapen or shapeless. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Having a bad shape, or no clear shape at all.
6. Of a star, not counted among those forming any of the ancient constellations. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A star that is not part of any of the old star patterns.
   - _Astronomers of old marked the informed stars lying between the great figures._
   - _Several informed stars near Orion were later gathered into new constellations._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–3** — Formed from the verb "inform" with the suffix "-ed".
**Meanings 4–6** — From the prefix "in-" plus "formed": the first sense probably uses "in-" meaning "in", while the second uses "in-" as a prefix of negation.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/informed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).