informed

[in-fawrmd]

adjective

1. having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised.

   an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.

informed

/ ɪnˈfɔːmd /

adjective

1. having much knowledge or education; learned or cultured

2. based on information

   an informed judgment

Other Word Forms

• informedly adverb
• half-informed adjective
• quasi-informed adjective
• uninformed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of informed¹

A late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; inform ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

O’Keefe informed his Instagram followers that “the charges against me were dismissed” and “deemed by the judge facially insufficient.”

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They said banning "familiar terms" would make it "more difficult for consumers to make informed decisions".

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The 2023 exhibition, titled “Acts of Living,” was largely informed by the pandemic.

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According to the affidavit, Nania stayed informed about police activity in his old neighborhood.

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When a journalist informed the novelist Doris Lessing she had won the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature, she responded: "Oh, Christ."

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Related Words

• abreast 
• knowledgeable 
• learned