English noun: information |
| 1. | information (communication) a message received and understood |
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| Synonyms | info |
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| Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ammunition, arcanum, confirmation, course of study, curriculum, data format, data formatting, database, details, evidence, fact, factoid, format, formatting, gen, inside information, insider information, intelligence, intelligence, intelligence information, material, misinformation, news, news, news, nuts and bolts, program, programme, propaganda, read-out, readout, report, report card, secret, secret, skinny, stuff, syllabus, tabular matter, tabulation, tidings, word |
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| 2. | information (cognition) knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cognition, knowledge, noesis |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acquaintance, background, background knowledge, circumstance, condition, consideration, conversance, conversancy, data point, datum, descriptor, evidence, example, fact, familiarity, grounds, illustration, input, instance, predictor, representative, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, tip-off |
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| 3. | information (communication) formal accusation of a crime |
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| Broader (hypernym) | accusal, accusation |
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| 4. | information (group) a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn |
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| Samples | Statistical data.
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| Synonyms | data |
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| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accounting data, metadata, raw data |
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| 5. | information (attribute) (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome |
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| Samples | The signal contained thousands of bits of information.
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| Synonyms | entropy, selective information |
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| Broader (hypernym) | information measure |
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| Domain category | communication theory, communications |
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