Library / English Dictionary

INFORMED

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having much knowledge or education

Example:

the informed customer

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

abreast; au courant; au fait; up on (being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge)

advised (having received information)

conversant; familiar ((usually followed by 'with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly)

educated; enlightened (characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved)

hep; hip; hip to (informed about the latest trends)

knowing; wise; wise to (evidencing the possession of inside information)

knowing; knowledgeable (alert and fully informed)

privy ((followed by 'to') informed about something secret or not generally known)

well-read (well informed or deeply versed through reading)

Also:

educated (possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge))

enlightened (having knowledge and spiritual insight)

sophisticated (having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire)

Antonym:

uninformed (not informed; lacking in knowledge or information)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb inform

Credits

 Context examples: 

To begin with, at the midday dinner, Wolf Larsen informed the hunters that they were to eat thenceforth in the steerage.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Every one liked Laurie, and he privately informed his tutor that "the Marches were regularly splendid girls."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A researcher in a study who oversees multiple aspects of the study, such as concept development, protocol writing, protocol submission for IRB approval, participant recruitment, informed consent, data collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation.

(Investigator, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

An important patient right is informed consent.

(Patient Rights, NIH)

Lady Frances, as he informed me, had stayed there for several weeks.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My generous friend reassured the suppliant, and on being informed of the name of her lover, instantly abandoned his pursuit.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

NOTE(S): Derived from PerformedActivity.PerformedAdministrativeActivity.PerformedStudySubjectMilestone.actualDateRange WHERE PerformedActivity DefinedActivity.nameCode = "obtain informed consent".

(Performed Study Subject Milestone Informed Consent Date, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Informed consent includes information about the possible risks, benefits, and limits of the procedure, treatment, trial, or genetic testing.

(Informed consent, NCI Dictionary)

EXAMPLE(S): Version 3 of a case report form (CRF) for a physical exam, version 2 of a informed consent form.

(Document Version, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

That the editor had not informed him of the acceptance made the surprise more complete.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)