Information meaning

What does “information” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“information” is a noun with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a message received and understood.

information

noun

  1. a message received and understood

    Synonymsinfo
  2. knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

  3. formal accusation of a crime

  4. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

    “statistical data”

    Synonymsdata
  5. (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

    “the signal contained thousands of bits of information”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University