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informed

verb
/ɪnˈfɔɹmd/US/ɪnˈfɔːmd/UK

Etymology

From in- + formed; the first sense probably uses in- (“in”), while the second sense uses in- (“prefix of negation”).

  1. derived from īnfōrmō
  2. derived from enformer
  3. inherited from informen
  4. suffixed as informed — “inform + ed”

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of inform

  2. Instructed

    Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.

    • An informed young man delivered a lecture on the history of modern art.

  3. Based on knowledge

    Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation.

    • Another informed and sobering estimate is that by 1800 indigenous populations in the western hemisphere were a tenth of what they had been three centuries before.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Created, given form.

      • after Nilus invndation, Infinite shapes of creatures men do fynd, Informed in the mud, on which the Sunne hath shynd.

    2. Unformed or ill-formed

      Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.

      • But, mindfull still of your first countries sight, Doe still preserve your first informed grace, Whose shadow yet shynes in your beauteous face

    3. Not included within the figures of any of the ancient constellations.

      • the informed stars

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at informed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01informed02inform03knowledge04knowing05clever06adept07versed08knowledgeable

A definitional loop anchored at informed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at informed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA