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- pronunciation:
- In
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- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
knowledge or facts that come from investigation, observation, or study.
An encyclopedia contains a vast amount of information.- synonyms:
- data, facts, knowledge
- similar words:
- evidence, material
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| definition 2: |
knowledge or facts obtained or obtainable through communication with others in connection with a specific situation or event.
We're waiting for some information from the police concerning the accident.- similar words:
- communication, intelligence, news, the skinny, tidings
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| definition 3: |
the act of communicating or receiving knowledge.
- synonyms:
- communication
- similar words:
- commerce, intercourse
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| definition 4: |
in law, a charge against a person that is presented by a public officer, as opposed to an indictment by a grand jury.
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| related words: |
data, education, literature, message, notice, testimony, word |
adjective + (n.)information
accurate,
additional,
classified,
confidential,
demographic,
detailed,
diagnostic,
electronic,
factual,
false,
far,
genetic,
geographic,
helpful,
inaccurate,
incomplete,
online,
patient,
personal,
pertinent,
relevant,
reliable,
sensitive,
specific,
sufficient,
technical,
timely,
up-to-date,
useful,
valuable,
visual,
vital
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verb + (n.)information
access,
acquire,
collect,
communicate,
compile,
contain,
convey,
disclose,
disseminate,
distribute,
elicit,
exchange,
extract,
gather,
integrate,
leak,
obtain,
process,
provide,
receive,
relay,
request,
retrieve,
share,
store,
supply,
transmit,
update,
volunteer,
withhold,
yield
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(n.)information
+ verb
contact, glean, present, visit
noun + (n.)information
access,
accounting,
amount,
availability,
background,
contact,
database,
disclosure,
dissemination,
exchange,
flow,
freedom,
intelligence,
permission,
privacy,
questionnaire,
registration,
request,
sharing,
source,
user,
wealth
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| derivation: |
informational (adj.) |
The word information
contains the following parts:
in-1
Latin
prefix
that means in, into, on
  More about this word part:
The prefix in-1 occurs in Latin loanwords and thus attaches to Latin roots ( infect
, inscribe
). in-1 has multiple forms, as the "n" sound in in-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms il-1, im-1, and ir-1.
Example words:
incise, incision, incisor, include, incursion, infarct, infect, influence, influx, inform, information, inhere, inherent, inhibit, innate, inquire, inquiry, inquisition, inscribe, inscription, inspect, inspector, inter
form
Latin
root
that means shape, form
Example words:
aliform, antiformalist, antireform, auriform, coliform, conform, conformable, conformal, conformance, conformation, conformity, cruciform, cubiform, cuneiform, deform, deformation, deformed, deformity, form, formal, formalism, formality, formalize, formally, format, formation, formative, formless, formula, formularize, formulary, formulate, formulize, fusiform, inform, informal, informality, informant, information, informed, informer, iodoform, malformation, malformed, misinform, multiform, napiform, oviform, piciform, piliform, reform, reformation, reformatory, reformed, reformer, reformist, reniform, semiformal, transform, transformation, transformer, unformed, uniform, uniformity, variform, vermiform
-ation
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ation
is a compound of -ate1 + -ion. It turns verbs ending in -ate into nouns (decorate/ decoration
). Not all nouns with this suffix, however, have a corresponding verb ending in -ate (information
, alteration
).
Example words:
aberration, acceptation, accusation, admiration, agitation, aggregation, alteration, alternation, approximation, celebration, collaboration, combination, communication, connotation, conversation, coronation, decoration, devastation, education, equation, exasperation, imitation, information, irrigation, irritation, location, pronunciation, ratiocination, reservation, separation, transformation, translation, constipation, continuation, creation, elevation, discrimination, immigration, evaporation, vacation
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