| NOUN | communication | information, info | a message received and understood |
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| cognition | information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction | |
| communication | information | formal accusation of a crime | |
| group | information, data | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn | |
| attribute | information, selective information, entropy | (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome |
| Sounds | ihnfao'rmey'shahn; ih.nfermey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A message received and understood. | |
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| Synonym | info | |
| Narrower | ammunition | Information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint |
| confirmation | Information that confirms or verifies | |
| course of study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus | An integrated course of academic studies | |
| database | An organized body of related information | |
| details, inside information | true confidential information | |
| evidence | (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved | |
| fact | A statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened / happened | |
| factoid | Something resembling a fact | |
| format, formatting, data format, data formatting | The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) | |
| gen | informal term for information | |
| insider information | Important information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the public | |
| intelligence, intelligence information | Secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy / enemy) | |
| material | Information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form | |
| misinformation | Information that is incorrect | |
| news, intelligence, tidings, word | Information about recent and important events | |
| news | Information reported in a newspaper or news magazine | |
| news | Informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone | |
| nuts and bolts | Detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished | |
| propaganda | Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause | |
| readout, read-out | The information displayed or recorded on an electronic device | |
| report card, report | A written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment | |
| secret | Something that should remain hidden / hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on) | |
| secret, arcanum | Information known only to a special group | |
| skinny | confidential information about a topic or person | |
| stuff | Information in some unspecified form / form | |
| tabulation, tabular matter | Information set out in tabular form | |
| update | News that updates your information | |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance | What a communication that is about something is about |
| Spanish | info, información | |
| Catalan | info, informació | |
| Verbs | inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
| Meaning | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction. | |
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| Narrower | acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy | personal knowledge or information about someone or something |
| background, background knowledge | Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | |
| circumstance, condition, consideration | Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision | |
| datum, data point | An item of factual information derived from measurement or research | |
| descriptor | A piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system | |
| evidence, grounds | Your basis for belief or disbelief | |
| example, illustration, instance, representative | An item of information that is typical of a class or group | |
| fact | A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred | |
| predictor | Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events | |
| stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input | Any stimulating information or event | |
| tip-off | Inside information that something is going to happen | |
| Broader | cognition, knowledge, noesis | The psychological result of perception / perception and learning and reasoning |
| Spanish | información | |
| Catalan | informació | |
| Adjectives | informational | relating to or having the nature of information |
| Verbs | inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
| Meaning | formal accusation of a crime. | |
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| Broader | accusation, accusal | A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person |
| Spanish | delación, denuncia, información | |
| Catalan | delació, denúncia | |
| Meaning | A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn. | |
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| Synonym | data | |
| Narrower | accounting data | All the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement |
| metadata | data about data | |
| raw data | unanalyzed data | |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| Spanish | data, dato, datos | |
| Catalan | dada, dades, informació | |
| Verbs | inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
| Meaning | (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome. | |
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| Example | "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" | |
| Synonyms | selective information, entropy | |
| Category | communications, communication theory | The discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.) |
| Broader | information measure | A system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information |
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