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for your information

for your information prepositional phrase: used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement, especially when the statement angered or offended the speaker.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial) Used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement, especially when the statement angered or offended the speaker.
    • For your information, my son was a straight A student in college, so he's not just some schmo!
    Synonyms:
    I'll have you know that…
  2. (colloquial) Used as a satiric preface to highlight information that an interlocutor should already know or should be able to surmise.
    • For your information, you're reading English in Wiktionary.
    • "Buddy." I'm always "buddy". I'm a girl for your information, forever in this situation, waiting and hoping he'll notice how I'm feeling.2010, “Lost in the Brass”, in Gaby Alter, Thomas Newman (lyrics), Band Geeks
    Synonyms:
    FYI
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, your, information.
    • I kept the dates and times in the logbook for your information.

for your information meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Persian

for your information in Hindi

used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement
आपके जानकारी के लिए āpke jānkārī ke lie

for your information in Tamil

உங்கள் தகவலுக்காக

for your information in Arabic

used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement
لمعلوماتك li-maʕlūmātik

for your information in Persian

used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement
جهت اطلاع jahat-e ettelâ'

Synonyms of for your information

  • I'll have you know that…
  • FYI

Questions about for your information

What does for your information mean?
For your information means used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement, especially when the statement angered or offended the speaker.
What is for your information in Hindi?
For your information in Hindi is आपके जानकारी के लिए (āpke jānkārī ke lie). See For your information meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is for your information?
For your information is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for your information in the dictionary

  1. for worlds
  2. for XYZ reasons
  3. for ya
  4. for you
  5. for your eyes only
  6. for your information
  7. for'ard
  8. for'ead
  9. for'eads
  10. for't
  11. for-

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: for your information (page history and authors); for your information (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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