in·for·ma·tion ( n f r-m  shn)n. 1. Knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction. 2. Knowledge of specific events or situations that has been gathered or received by communication; intelligence or news. See Synonyms at knowledge. 3. A collection of facts or data: statistical information. 4. The act of informing or the condition of being informed; communication of knowledge: Safety instructions are provided for the information of our passengers. 5. Computer Science Processed, stored, or transmitted data. 6. A numerical measure of the uncertainty of an experimental outcome. 7. Law A formal accusation of a crime made by a public officer rather than by grand jury indictment. in for·mation·al adj. |
information
Noun
1. knowledge acquired in any manner; facts
2. Computers
a. the meaning given to data by the way it is interpreted
b. same as data (sense 2)
1. Facts, data, or instructions in any medium or form.
2. The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in their representation.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  information - a message received and understood ammunition - information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint; "his admission provided ammunition for his critics" factoid - something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print misinformation - information that is incorrect material - information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography" details, inside information - true confidential information; "after the trial he gave us the real details" fact - a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts" data format, data formatting, format, formatting - the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) gen - informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers" database - an organized body of related information news, tidings, word, intelligence - information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" news - informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone; "it was news to me" nuts and bolts - detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished intelligence information, intelligence - secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage" confirmation - information that confirms or verifies insider information - important information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the public; use for personal profit is illegal secret - something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret" propaganda - information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause course of study, curriculum, syllabus, programme, program - an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" news - information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated" evidence - (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved tabular matter, tabulation - information set out in tabular form skinny - confidential information about a topic or person; "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner" stuff - information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book" report card, report - a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card" |
| 2. | information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction data point, datum - an item of factual information derived from measurement or research acquaintance, conversance, conversancy, familiarity - personal knowledge or information about someone or something fact - a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" example, instance, illustration, representative - an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" consideration, circumstance, condition - information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take" background knowledge, background - information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident" 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; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" predictor - information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance" tip-off - inside information that something is going to happen stimulant, stimulus, stimulation, input - any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | |
| 3. | information - formal accusation of a crime accusal, accusation - a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | |
| 4. |  information - a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole accounting data - all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable metadata - data about data; "a library catalog is metadata because it describes publications" raw data - unanalyzed data; data not yet subjected to analysis | |
| 5. | information - (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" communication theory, communications - the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study" information measure - a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information |
information
Translations
information [ɪnfəˈmeɪʃən] n → información f (= news); noticias fpl (= knowledge); conocimientos mpl;
(LAW) → delación f;
a piece of information → un dato;
for your information → para su información
information [ɪnfəˈmeɪʃən] n → information(s) f(pl); renseignements mpl (= knowledge); connaissances fpl;
to get information on → se renseigner sur;
a piece of information → un renseignement;
for your information → à titre d'information
information [ɪnfəˈmeɪʃən] n → Informationen pl, Auskunft f;
(knowledge) → Wissen nt;
to get information on → sich informieren über +acc;
a piece of information → eine Auskunft or Information;
for your information → zu Ihrer Information
information [ɪnfəˈmeɪʃən] n → informazioni fpl; particolari mpl;
to get information on → informarsi su;
a piece of information → un'informazione;
for your information → a titolo d'informazione, per sua informazione
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