for your information

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

for your information

1. (colloquial) Used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement, especially when the statement angered or offended the speaker.

   Synonym: I'll have you know that…

   For your information, my son was a straight A student in college, so he's not just some schmo!

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.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for,‎ your,‎ information.

   I kept the dates and times in the logbook for your information.

Synonyms

• FYI (abbreviation)

Translations

used to introduce a rebuttal to the interlocutor's previous statement

• Arabic: لمعلوماتك (li-maʕlūmātik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 供您参考

• Dutch: ter informatie
• Finnish: tiedoksesi, tiedoksenne
• French: pour info (fr), pour ta gouverne, pour votre gouverne
• Georgian: სხვათა შორის (sxvata šoris)
• German: zu deiner Information, zu Ihrer Information
• Greek: για την πληροφόρησή σας (gia tin plirofórisí sas)
• Hungarian: tájékoztatásul, csak hogy tudd (informal)
• Italian: per vostra informazione
• Japanese: ご参考まで (gosankō made)
• Korean: 참고로 (chamgoro)
• Persian: جهت اطلاع (jahat-e ettelâ')
• Polish: do twojej wiadomości, dla twojej wiadomości
• Portuguese: para a sua informação, para seu governo
• Russian: к вашему сведению (k vašemu svedeniju)
• Spanish: para tu información, (Usted form) para su información
• Turkish: bilginize, bilgilerinize

See also

• as a matter of fact
• for the record

Further reading

• “for your information” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.