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INFO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A message received and understood
Synonyms:
info; information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("info" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "info"):
report; report card (a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment)
stuff (information in some unspecified form)
skinny (confidential information about a topic or person)
tabular matter; tabulation (information set out in tabular form)
read-out; readout (the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device)
evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)
news (information reported in a newspaper or news magazine)
course of study; curriculum; program; programme; syllabus (an integrated course of academic studies)
propaganda (information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause)
secret (something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on))
arcanum; secret (information known only to a special group)
insider information (important information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the public; use for personal profit is illegal)
confirmation (information that confirms or verifies)
update (information or data that updates)
intelligence; intelligence information (secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy))
nuts and bolts (detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished)
news (informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone)
intelligence; news; tidings; word (information about recent and important events)
database (an organized body of related information)
gen (informal term for information)
data format; data formatting; format; formatting (the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing))
fact (a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened)
details; inside information (true confidential information)
material (information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form)
misinformation (information that is incorrect)
factoid (something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print)
ammunition (information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint)
