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Information   /ˌɪnfərmˈeɪʃən/  /ɪnfˈɔrmˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Information

noun
1.
A message received and understood.  Synonym: info.
2.
Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction.
3.
Formal accusation of a crime.
4.
A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.  Synonym: data.
5.
(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome.  Synonyms: entropy, selective information.



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"Information" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the League undertake to interchange full and frank information as to the scale of their armaments, their military, naval and air programmes and the condition of such of their industries as ...
— The Geneva Protocol • David Hunter Miller
... had never taken Doubler into his confidence, and the information that she succeeded in worming from the nester was not more than he had already volunteered, or than Duncan had given her that day when they were seated on the edge of the ...
— The Trail to Yesterday • Charles Alden Seltzer
... that gave notice of Lucullus's coming was so far from pleasing Tigranes, that he had his head cut off for his pains; and no man daring to bring further information, without any intelligence at all, Tigranes sat while war was already blazing around him, giving ear only to those who flattered him, by saying that Lucullus would show himself a great commander, if he ventured to wait for Tigranes at Ephesus, and ...
— Plutarch's Lives • A.H. Clough
... said the peer, "I have sent for you to do me a little favour. I expect a man here who professes to give Mr. Beaufort, my brother-in-law, some information about a lawsuit. It is necessary to know the exact value of his evidence. I wish you to ascertain all particulars about him. Be so good as to seat yourself in the porter's chair in the hall; note him when he enters, unobserved yourself—but as he is probably a stranger to you, note him still more ...
— Night and Morning, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... I only suspect; but, so long as it is only suspicion, I will mention no names. It wouldn't be right; and for that reason I will wait until I have betther information. But, after all," he proceeded, "maybe nothing wrong ...
— The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton


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