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informant Definition

in·form·ant (in fôr′mənt)

noun

a person who gives, or serves as a source of, information; specif.,

  1. a native speaker of a language whose pronunciations, usages, etc. are studied and recorded by linguists
  2. informer

Etymology: < L informans, prp. of informare, to inform

informant Synonyms

informant

n.

source, witness, informer, subject, interviewee, native speaker, local resident, native, qualified person, adviser, tipster*; see also source 2.

informant Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • give: The distribution of number of choices given by the informants is shown in the table below.

Converse of object

  • participate: Such individuals are sometimes called ' participating informants ' by law enforcement agencies.
  • ask: Ask informants to say which words they still use in everyday speech.
  • age: Second, the sample design was modified to increase the number of informants aged under 25.
  • interview: How did he use the standard methods of PO and interviewing informants?
  • pay: There are people in our community who are paid informants.
  • identify: Neither will any attempt be made to identify informants collecting rewards at banks, using CCTV systems.

Adjective modifier

  • qualified: However, if there are no relatives available there is a list of other qualified informants for the registration.
  • anonymous: My anonymous informant brings a welcome report on Abbey Coaches.
  • confidential: In January 1994 Haase and Bennett were registered as confidential informants by Customs and Excise.
  • key: Each county to key informants reported the matter next.
  • Key: Key informants are local people who have a good knowledge of the local area.
  • native: Students are required to find out about a language of their choice from a native speaker informant.

Modifies a noun

  • interview: The research methods were desk research, focus groups and key informant interviews.
  • agent: The sentences in this theory will be submitted to the informant agents in order to check whether they accept the sentences or not.
  • design: The object of informant design is to discover something not previously known, rather than confirming what the design team thought it knew already.

Noun used with modifier

  • police: Later he was framed for murder on the evidence of a police informant.
  • adult: In 1996, 1,768 adult informants with three valid blood pressure readings were taking one or more of these medications.
  • case: Difficulties with staffing were highlighted by some case study informants.
  • study: Difficulties with staffing were highlighted by some case study informants.