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info

American  
[in-foh] / ˈɪn foʊ /

noun

Informal.

  1. information.

info 1 British  
/ ˈɪnfəʊ /

noun

  1. informal short for information

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info 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. an information provider

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Etymology

Origin of info

First recorded in 1910–15; by final shortening

Example Sentences

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Communication tools like Slack try to do that so info flows evenly.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We don't have spies in the training centre to deliver the info to our media," said Guardiola.

From BBC

"Unbelievable what it takes to get basic info," Stern writes.

From BBC

Users with autism told me they used 4o to "info dump", so they didn't bore friends with too much information on their favourite topic.

From BBC

The following month, Stern appears to write: "fergie data collection remains slow and unbelievable what it takes to get basic info."

From BBC

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