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in·formed  (n-fôrmd)
adj.
1. Possessing, displaying, or based on reliable information: informed sources; an informed opinion.
2. Knowledgeable; educated: the informed consumer.
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Adj.1.informed - having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer"
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; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"
uninformed - not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public"

informed
adjective knowledgeable, up to date, enlightened, learned, primed, posted, expert, briefed, familiar, versed, acquainted, in the picture, up, abreast, in the know (informal) erudite, well-read, conversant, au fait (French) in the loop, genned up Brit. (informal) au courant (French) keeping your finger on the pulse
Translations

informed [ɪnˈfɔːmd] adj [observer] → informado, al corriente;
an informed guess → una opinión bien fundamentada
informed [ɪnˈfɔːmd] adj(bien) informé(e);
an informed guess → une hypothèse fondée sur la connaissance des faits
informed [ɪnˈfɔːmd] adjinformiert;
(guess, opinion) → wohlbegründet;
to be well/better informed → gut/besser informiert sein
informed [ɪnˈfɔːmd] adj [observer] → (ben) informato/a;
an informed guess → un'ipotesi fondata

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Everybody was very desirous of seconding the zeal of our fathers, and of sending them the assistance they requested; to which we were the more encouraged, because the emperor's letters informed our provincial that we might easily enter his dominions by the way of Dancala, but unhappily, the secretary wrote Zeila for Dancala, which cost two of our fathers their lives.
This intelligence awakened solicitude on the mind of Captain Bonneville for the party of hunters whom he had sent to that neighborhood; and the Nez Perces, when informed of the circumstances, shook their heads, and declared their belief that the horses they had seen had been stolen from that very party.
We shall keep our readers informed as to the progress of this enterprise, which has no precedent in the annals of exploration.
 
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