English > information: 5 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A message received and understood. |
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| Synonym | info |
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| Narrower | ammunition | Information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | info, información |
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| Catalan | info, informació |
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| Verbs | inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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English > information: 5 senses > noun 2, cognition| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | información |
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| Catalan | informació |
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| Adjectives | informational | relating to or having the nature of information |
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| Verbs | inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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