information

Roget-categorie 527

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.9. Modes of communication
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#527. Information

zelfstandig naamwoord

information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge etc. 490 — publicity etc. 531 — data etc. 467.
communication, intimation — notice, notification — enunciation, annunciation — announcement — communiqu_e — representation, round robin, presentment.
case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition — news etc. 532 — return etc. (record) 551 — account etc. (description) 594 — statement etc. (affirmation) 535.
mention — acquainting etc. v. — instruction etc. (teaching) 537 — outpouring — intercommunication, communicativeness.
informant, authority, teller, intelligencer^†, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece — informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective — sleuth — mouchard^†, spy, newsmonger — messenger etc. 534 — amicus curiae [Lat.].
valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide — guidebook, handbook — vade mecum [Lat.] — manual — map, plan, chart, gazetteer — itinerary etc. (journey) 266.
hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition^†, cue, byplay — gesture etc. (indication) 550 — gentle hint, broad hint — verbum sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise — insinuation etc. (latency) 526.
information theory.
[units of information] bit, byte, word, doubleword [Comp.], quad word, paragraph, segment.
[information storage media] magnetic media, paper medium, optical media — random access memory, RAM — read-only memory, ROM — write once read mostly memory, WORM.

werkwoord

tell — inform, inform of — acquaint, acquaint with — impart, impart to — make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken — transmit.
let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known — publish etc. 531 — notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of.
let one know, have one to know — give one to understand — give notice — set before, lay before, put before — point out, put into one's head — put one in possession of — instruct etc. (teach) 537 — direct the attention to etc. 457.
announce, annunciate — report, report progress — bringword^†, send word, leave word, write word — telegraph, telephone — wire — retail, render an account — give an account etc. (describe) 594 — state etc. (affirm) 535.
[disclose inadvertently or reluctantly] let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest — disclose etc. 529.
show cause — explain etc. (interpret) 522.
hint — given an inkling of — give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint — insinuate — allude to, make allusion to — glance at — tip the wink etc. (indicate) 550 — suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe — whisper, whisper in the ear.
give a bit of one's mind — tell one plainly, tell once for all — speak volumes.
undeceive^†, unbeguile^† — set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one of.
be informed of &c. — know etc. 490 — learn etc. 539 — get scent of, get wind of, gather from — awaken to, open one's eyes to — become alive, become awake to — hear, overhear, understand.
come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge — reach one's ears.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

informed etc. v. — communique — reported etc. v. — published etc. 531.
expressive etc. 516 — explicit etc. (open) 525, (clear) 518 — plain spoken &c., (artless) 703.
nuncupative, nuncupatory^† — declaratory, expository — enunciative^† — communicative, communicatory^†.

bijwoord

from information received.

uitdrukking

a little bird told me — I heard it through the grapevine.

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