"well-informed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: better-informed [comparative], more well-informed [comparative], best-informed [superlative], most well-informed [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|better-informed|more|sup=best-informed}} well-informed (comparative better-informed or more well-informed, superlative best-informed or most well-informed)
  1. Furnished with sufficient, correct knowledge. Translations (furnished with knowledge): məlumatlı (Azerbaijani), 消息靈通的 (Chinese Mandarin), 消息灵通的 (xiāoxi língtōng de) (Chinese Mandarin), velinformeret (Danish), hyvin informoitu (Finnish), hyvin perillä asioista (Finnish), gut informiert (German), velinformert (Norwegian Bokmål), velinformert (Norwegian Nynorsk), осведомлённый (alt: хорошо́) (Russian), зна́ющий (znájuščij) (Russian), информи́рованный (alt: хорошо́) (Russian), проинформи́рованный (alt: хорошо́) (Russian), fiosrach (Scottish Gaelic), bilgili (Turkish), обі́знаний (obíznanyj) (Ukrainian), до́бре обі́знаний (dóbre obíznanyj) (Ukrainian), до́бре поінформо́ваний (dóbre poinformóvanyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-well-informed-en-adj--q0WgZHy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for well-informed meaning in English (3.6kB)

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          "code": "az",
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      "word": "消息靈通的"
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