information

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Synonyms: unformation, enformation, i formation, i-formation, in formation, informative, formation, reformation, infuriation, deformation, efformation

Antonyms: unformation, enformation, i formation, i-formation, in formation, informative, formation, reformation, infuriation, deformation, efformation

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. Something that [[provide]]s a [[definitive]] [[characterization]] or [[description]] of the [[nature]] and [[attribute]]s of a [[specified]] [[entity]].
2. Things that are or can be [[know]]n about a given [[topic]]; communicable [[knowledge]] of something. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
3. The act of [[informing]] or imparting [[knowledge]]; [[notification]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|law|countable}} A statement of [[criminal]] activity brought before a [[judge]] or [[magistrate]]; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a [[warrant]]; in the US, an [[accusation]] brought before a judge without a [[grand jury]] indictment. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of [[informing]] against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; [[accusation]]. {{defdate|14th|17th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} The systematic imparting of [[knowledge]]; [[education]], [[training]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} The creation of [[form]]; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; [[forming]], [[animation]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
8. {{lb|en|computing|formally}} The [[meaning]] that a [[human]] [[assign]]s to [[data]] [[by means of]] the known [[conventions]] used in its [[representation]].
9. {{lb|en|Christianity}} [[divine|Divine]] [[inspiration]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
10. A service provided by [[telephone]] which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
11. {{senseid|en|data}} {{lb|en|information theory}} Any [[unambiguous]] [[abstract]] data, the smallest possible unit being the {{ll|en|bit|id=datum}}. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
12. {{lb|en|computing|data management}} The [[output]] [[resulting]] from the [[systematic]] [[collection]], [[manipulation]] and [[organization]] of [[raw]] [[data]] into a [[structured]], [[interpretable]] [[format]]. {{defdate|from late 20th c.}}

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