Information
[ɪnfə'meɪʃ(ə)n] or ['ɪnfɚ'meʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; 'the signal contained thousands of bits of information'.
(noun.) knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction.
(noun.) a message received and understood.
(noun.) formal accusation of a crime.
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Definition
(v. t.) The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.
(v. t.) News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.
(v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment.
Editor: Whitney
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Intelligence, notice, advice.[2]. (Law.) Accusation, complaint.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Instruction, advice, counsel, notice, notification, knowledge
ANT:Concealment, biding, occultation, mystification, ignorance
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Examples
- The information the ancients didn't have was very voluminous. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Was bringing tonight with information Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This happens whenever information about the world is made an end in itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Catherine and Lydia had information for them of a different sort. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I ask for information; I ask YOUR daughter; I prefer to speak to her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He knew of no one but Mrs. Goddard to whom he could apply for information of her relations or friends. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A most contrary circumstance it is, for I want certain information out of that girl, and she must be brought to reason somehow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Books with their wealth of entertainment and information would be sealed to a large part of mankind, if glasses did not assist weak eyes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I know you will be very anxious, my dear, so I will send Temistocles to you every now and then with information as to how the fight is getting on. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- General Wright's corps had been designated to make this assault, which I intended to order as soon as information reached me of Sheridan's success. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In this Project Gutenberg edition the pertinent information is in Chapter XXX, paragraph 90. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I began with such scanty sources of information as were at my own disposal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Once I have that information, Andros will find out that I neither trust nor like him, and that he will have neither my child nor my island. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Morgan Was foot-loose and could operate where, his information--always correct--led him to believe he could do the greatest damage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I give information that the man that done the Harmon Murder is Gaffer Hexam, the man that found the body. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The information the ancients didn't have was very voluminous. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Was bringing tonight with information Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This happens whenever information about the world is made an end in itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Catherine and Lydia had information for them of a different sort. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I ask for information; I ask YOUR daughter; I prefer to speak to her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He knew of no one but Mrs. Goddard to whom he could apply for information of her relations or friends. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A most contrary circumstance it is, for I want certain information out of that girl, and she must be brought to reason somehow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Books with their wealth of entertainment and information would be sealed to a large part of mankind, if glasses did not assist weak eyes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I know you will be very anxious, my dear, so I will send Temistocles to you every now and then with information as to how the fight is getting on. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- General Wright's corps had been designated to make this assault, which I intended to order as soon as information reached me of Sheridan's success. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In this Project Gutenberg edition the pertinent information is in Chapter XXX, paragraph 90. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I began with such scanty sources of information as were at my own disposal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Once I have that information, Andros will find out that I neither trust nor like him, and that he will have neither my child nor my island. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Morgan Was foot-loose and could operate where, his information--always correct--led him to believe he could do the greatest damage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I give information that the man that done the Harmon Murder is Gaffer Hexam, the man that found the body. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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