information
noun
[ ɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• facts provided or learned about something or someone.
• "a vital piece of information"
Similar:
details,
particulars,
facts,
figures,
statistics,
data,
knowledge,
intelligence,
instruction,
advice,
guidance,
direction,
counsel,
enlightenment,
news,
notice,
word,
material,
documentation,
documents,
info,
the low-down,
the dope,
the inside story,
the latest,
bumf,
deets,
gen,
• what is conveyed or represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things.
• "genetically transmitted information"
Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘formation of the mind, teaching’), via Old French from Latin informatio(n- ), from the verb informare (see inform).
