Information

/ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/ noun

That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".

Meaning

  1. (noun) That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".
  2. (noun) Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. “I need some more information about this issue.”
  3. (noun) The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification. “For your information, I did this because I wanted to.”
  4. (noun) 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.
  5. (noun) The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.
  6. (noun) The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.
  7. (noun) The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.
  8. (noun) […] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
  9. (noun) Divine inspiration.
  10. (noun) A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
  11. (noun) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
  12. (noun) As contrasted with data, information is processed to extract relevant data.

Letter breakdown

  • Information contains 11 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
  • It uses 8 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 4.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 16.

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What does Information mean?

That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".

How many letters are in Information?

Information has 11 letters.

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