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  1. noun Knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction.
  2. noun Knowledge of specific events or situations that has been gathered or received by communication; intelligence or news. See Synonyms at knowledge.
  3. noun A collection of facts or data: statistical information.
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  • He already had some notion, as the information was available in the libraries, but he had decided it was better to keep her talking. —  Triple Detente by Piers Anthony
  • Sense UI riding a capacitive touchscreen and people-centric approach to managing your information is absolutely dreamy at first blush. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
  • Any use of this information is at the user's risk. —  Latest OSVDB Vulnerabilities
  • If this information were available at the time of the last election would he have gotten back into office?
  • Once your other information is approved, you are contacted by the representative of the loan company to discuss further details. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. from Middle English informacion, enformacion (= Dutch informatie = G. Danish Swedish information), from Old French information, French information = Spanish informacion = Portuguese informação = Italian informazione, from Latin informatio(n-), outline, sketch, idea, conception, representation, from informare, sketch, inform: see inform.
 

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