information

[ in-fer-mey-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for: information / informational on Thesaurus.com

noun

knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.

knowledge gained through study, communication, research, instruction, etc.; factual data: His wealth of general information is amazing.

the act or fact of informing.

an office, station, service, or employee whose function is to provide information to the public: The ticket seller said to ask information for a timetable.

Directory Assistance.

Law.

an official criminal charge presented, usually by the prosecuting officers of the state, without the interposition of a grand jury.
a criminal charge, made by a public official under oath before a magistrate, of an offense punishable summarily.
the document containing the depositions of witnesses against one accused of a crime.

(in information theory) an indication of the number of possible choices of messages, expressible as the value of some monotonic function of the number of choices, usually the logarithm to the base 2.

Computers.

important or useful facts obtained as output from a computer by means of processing input data with a program: Using the input data, we have come up with some significant new information.
data at any stage of processing (input, output, storage, transmission, etc.).

SYNONYMS FOR information

1 data, facts, intelligence, advice.

See synonyms for information on Thesaurus.com

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

affect

effect

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of information

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English infformacion, informacyon “instruction, teaching, a forming of the mind,” from Middle French, Old French informacion, information “criminal inquiry,” from Late Latin informātiō “teaching, instruction,” from Latin: “sketch, first draft; idea, conception”; see inform¹, -ation

synonym study for information

2. Information, knowledge, wisdom are terms for human acquirements through reading, study, and practical experience. Information applies to facts told, read, or communicated that may be unorganized and even unrelated: to pick up useful information. Knowledge is an organized body of information, or the comprehension and understanding consequent on having acquired and organized a body of facts: a knowledge of chemistry. Wisdom is a knowledge of people, life, and conduct, with the facts so thoroughly assimilated as to have produced sagacity, judgment, and insight: to use wisdom in handling people.

OTHER WORDS FROM information

in·for·ma·tion·al, adjectivenon·in·for·ma·tion·al, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Example sentences from the Web for information

The Supreme Court’s decision in July to review the lower court’s opinion, rather than allow it to be implemented, prevented the committee from receiving the information this summer.
Supreme Court postpones hearing on congressional effort to obtain secret Mueller material|Robert Barnes|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
The Gardner Museum is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the return of the art.
‘The Woman Who Stole Vermeer’ revisits the strange tale of a British heiress who became a notorious art thief|Katharine Weber|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
Law enforcement gives its suspect DNA sample to a third-party laboratory, which runs further analysis before comparing the genetic information against publicly available genealogical website data.
Prince George’s will use DNA registries to solve cold cases through new DOJ grant|Katie Mettler|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
Since its launch, 140 million people have visited the company’s voting information center, and on Election Day, 33 million people visited its election center, which included results as they came in.
Facebook says it labeled 180 million debunked posts ahead of the election|Rachel Lerman, Heather Kelly|November 19, 2020|Washington Post

The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to call 703-803-0026.
Man injured after two cars exchange gunfire on I-395 interstate in Arlington|Dana Hedgpeth|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
The campaign was explicitly informational and intended to preach the gospel of less interference in the boardroom and the bedroom.
Libertarianism 3.0: Koch And A Smile|Nick Gillespie|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The senior AIPAC official said the conversation with the White House was informational.
AIPAC in Full Court Press on Syria|Eli Lake|September 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For those who trust the government, these informational lacunas are an excuse for inaction.
Is Prism Really a Scandal?|Alan M. Dershowitz|June 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But at this point the association should be regarded as informational rather than indicative of its source.
Ricin Scare at the White House: An Eerie Post-9/11 Echo|John Avlon|April 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Career fairs, résumé workshops, and informational interviews are all well and good.
Study Shows Close Facebook Friends Are Effective in Finding New Jobs|Nina Strochlic|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Consequently it left unimpaired the scope of informational and abstract, or "rationalistic" studies.
Democracy and Education|John Dewey
There is no standard for determining the relative importance of this informational or utilitarian aim when compared to other aims.
College Teaching|Paul Klapper
This is the trouble with our “informational literature” for children, of which very little is worthy of the name.
Here and Now Story Book|Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Cornell University Library produced this volume to preserve the informational content of the deteriorated original.
Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1.|Various
Next to this, that of hearing appears to be the most informational.
In Beaver World|Enos Abijah Mills

British Dictionary definitions for information

information

/ (ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən) /

noun

knowledge acquired through experience or study

knowledge of specific and timely events or situations; news

the act of informing or the condition of being informed

an office, agency, etc, providing information
(as modifier)information service

a charge or complaint made before justices of the peace, usually on oath, to institute summary criminal proceedings
a complaint filed on behalf of the Crown, usually by the attorney general

computing

the meaning given to data by the way in which it is interpreted
another word for data (def. 2)

too much information informal I don't want to hear any more

Derived forms of information

informational, adjective

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with information

information

see under gold mine.

MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY

information

noun

SYNONYMS FOR information

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!

Origin of information

synonym study for information

OTHER WORDS FROM information

Example sentences from the Web for information

British Dictionary definitions for information

noun

Derived forms of information

Idioms and Phrases with information

MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY

information

noun

SYNONYMS FOR information

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!

Origin of information

synonym study for information

OTHER WORDS FROM information

Words related to information

Example sentences from the Web for information

British Dictionary definitions for information

noun

Derived forms of information

Idioms and Phrases with information