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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



... modest calmness and respect with which Nestor addresses Agamemnon, observes, "The Homeric Council is a purely consultative body, assembled not with any power of peremptorily arresting mischievous resolves of the king, but solely for his information ...
— The Iliad of Homer • Homer
... they thought they would fier on them, as I had comanded. They were affrighted & run away. Being come to Mr. Bridgar, they told him there was a Fort & a french shipp neerer unto them than I had said. Upon this information, Mr. Bridgar sent 2 men to pass from north to south, to know if it were true that wee had 2 Shipps besides that which was at the Island. Wherof being advised by my people, I sent out 3 severall ways to endeavor to take the 2 men Mr. Bridgar ...
— Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson • Peter Esprit Radisson
... you must be a very remarkable young lady, for I thought that all girls required someone to take care of them, unless they were colonials that is, and you are not that," he said, in the manner of one who seeks information. ...
— The Adventurous Seven - Their Hazardous Undertaking • Bessie Marchant
... charter on the point of electing a Governor. You see it is thereby left to your own free choice. This I take it is so very plain that we shall not need to say anything more about it. And no doubt these gentlemen when they depart will give his Majesty a just information of ...
— This Country Of Ours • H. E. Marshall Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
... man; "and it wasn't impolite, because I asked you for the information, you know. I may conclude then," he went on with an odd twinkle in his eyes, "that I am merely classed with tripe and ...
— Miss Billy • Eleanor H. Porter


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