information
[ in-fer-mey-shuhn ]
/ ˌɪn fərˈmeɪ ʃən /
noun
Origin of information
SYNONYMS FOR information
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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, adjective non·in·for·ma·tion·al, adjectiveWords nearby information
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information
/ (ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən) /
noun
Derived forms of information
informational, adjectiveIdioms and Phrases with informational
information
see under gold mine.