| information | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. info, information | a message received and understood. |
| ~ ammunition | information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint.; "his admission provided ammunition for his critics" |
| ~ factoid | something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print. |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ misinformation | information that is incorrect. |
| ~ material | information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form.; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography" |
| ~ details, inside information | true confidential information.; "after the trial he gave us the real details" |
| ~ fact | a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened.; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts" |
| ~ data format, data formatting, format, formatting | the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing). |
| ~ gen | informal term for information.; "give me the gen on your new line of computers" |
| ~ database | an organized body of related information. |
| ~ news, tidings, word, intelligence | information about recent and important events.; "they awaited news of the outcome" |
| ~ news | informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone.; "it was news to me" |
| ~ nuts and bolts | detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished. |
| ~ intelligence information, intelligence | secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy).; "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage" |
| ~ confirmation | information that confirms or verifies. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ arcanum, secret | information known only to a special group.; "the secret of Cajun cooking" |
| ~ secret | something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on).; "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret" |
| ~ propaganda | information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause. |
| ~ course of study, curriculum, syllabus, programme, program | an integrated course of academic studies.; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" |
| ~ news | information reported in a newspaper or news magazine.; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated" |
| ~ evidence | (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved. |
| ~ read-out, readout | the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device. |
| ~ tabular matter, tabulation | information set out in tabular form. |
| ~ skinny | confidential information about a topic or person.; "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner" |
| ~ stuff | information in some unspecified form.; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book" |
| ~ report card, report | a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment.; "his father signed his report card" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction. |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ data point, datum | an item of factual information derived from measurement or research. |
| ~ acquaintance, conversance, conversancy, familiarity | personal knowledge or information about someone or something. |
| ~ fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" |
| ~ example, instance, illustration, representative | an item of information that is typical of a class or group.; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" |
| ~ consideration, circumstance, condition | information that should be kept in mind when making a decision.; "another consideration is the time it would take" |
| ~ background knowledge, background | information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem.; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident" |
| ~ descriptor | a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system. |
| ~ evidence, grounds | your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" |
| ~ predictor | information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events.; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance" |
| ~ tip-off | inside information that something is going to happen. |
| ~ stimulant, stimulus, stimulation, input | any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action. |
| n. (communication) | 3. information | formal accusation of a crime. |
| ~ accusal, accusation | a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt. |
| n. (group) | 4. data, information | a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.; "statistical data" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ accounting data | all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable. |
| ~ metadata | data about data.; "a library catalog is metadata because it describes publications" |
| ~ raw data | unanalyzed data; data not yet subjected to analysis. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. entropy, information, selective information | (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome.; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" |
| ~ communication theory, communications | the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.).; "communications is his major field of study" |
| ~ information measure | a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information. |
| reference | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. mention, reference | a remark that calls attention to something or someone.; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife" |
| ~ comment, remark, input | a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" |
| ~ allusion | passing reference or indirect mention. |
| ~ retrospection | reference to things past.; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections" |
| ~ name-dropping | the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener.; "the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it" |
| n. (communication) | 2. acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" |
| ~ annotation, notation, note | a comment or instruction (usually added).; "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" |
| ~ photo credit | a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph. |
| ~ cross-index, cross-reference | a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work. |
| n. (communication) | 3. point of reference, reference, reference point | an indicator that orients you generally.; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" |
| ~ bench mark, benchmark | a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point. |
| ~ landmark | a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land. |
| ~ lubber's line, lubber's mark, lubber's point, lubber line | a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading. |
| ~ target, mark | a reference point to shoot at.; "his arrow hit the mark" |
| ~ white line | a white stripe in the middle of a road to mark traffic lanes. |
| ~ indicator | a signal for attracting attention. |
| ~ buoy | bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards. |
| n. (communication) | 4. book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work | a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts.; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" |
| ~ book | a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).; "I am reading a good book on economics" |
| ~ cookbook, cookery book | a book of recipes and cooking directions. |
| ~ instruction book | a book of directions for using or operating some piece of equipment. |
| ~ source book | a collection of historically important documents published together as a book. |
| ~ wordbook | a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings). |
| ~ enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum | a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location. |
| ~ directory | an alphabetical list of names and addresses. |
| ~ yearly, annual, yearbook | a reference book that is published regularly once every year. |
| ~ book of maps, map collection, atlas | a collection of maps in book form. |
| ~ cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia | a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty. |
| n. (communication) | 5. character, character reference, reference | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability.; "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively" |
| ~ good word, recommendation, testimonial | something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. denotation, extension, reference | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to.; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" |
| ~ meaning, substance | the idea that is intended.; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" |
| n. (act) | 7. consultation, reference | the act of referring or consulting.; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" |
| ~ action | something done (usually as opposed to something said).; "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| n. (communication) | 8. reference, source | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to.; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation" |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| n. (communication) | 9. address, computer address, reference | (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ computer code, code | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions. |
| ~ parameter, argument | (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program. |
| ~ uniform resource locator, universal resource locator, url | the address of a web page on the world wide web. |
| n. (cognition) | 10. reference | the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to.; "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes" |
| ~ meaning, substance | the idea that is intended.; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" |
| v. (creation) | 11. cite, reference | refer to.; "he referenced his colleagues' work" |
| ~ authorship, penning, writing, composition | the act of creating written works.; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" |
| ~ indite, pen, write, compose | produce a literary work.; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" |
| tip | | |
| n. (location) | 1. tip | the extreme end of something; especially something pointed. |
| ~ fingertip | the end (tip) of a finger. |
| ~ tiptoe | the tip of a toe. |
| ~ end, terminal | either extremity of something that has length.; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" |
| ~ beak | a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures. |
| n. (possession) | 2. backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip | a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). |
| ~ fringe benefit, perk, perquisite | an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right).; "a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job" |
| ~ christmas box | a present given at Christmas for services during the year. |
| n. (communication) | 3. confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip, wind | an indication of potential opportunity.; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" |
| ~ counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| n. (shape) | 4. peak, point, tip | a V shape.; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
| ~ alpenstock | a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers. |
| ~ arrowhead | the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow. |
| ~ knife | a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point. |
| ~ pencil | a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood. |
| ~ sword, steel, blade, brand | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard. |
| ~ widow's peak | a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead. |
| ~ cusp | small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth. |
| ~ convex shape, convexity | a shape that curves or bulges outward. |
| ~ cone shape, conoid, cone | a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point. |
| ~ head | the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates). |
| n. (location) | 5. crest, crown, peak, summit, tip, top | the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill).; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" |
| ~ hilltop, brow | the peak of a hill.; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills" |
| ~ pinnacle | a lofty peak. |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| ~ mountain peak | the summit of a mountain. |
| v. (motion) | 6. tip | cause to tilt.; "tip the screen upward" |
| ~ reorient | cause to turn. |
| ~ bank | tip laterally.; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft" |
| v. (change) | 7. tip | mark with a tip.; "tip the arrow with the small stone" |
| ~ mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
| v. (possession) | 8. bung, fee, tip | give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on.; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| v. (motion) | 9. tip, topple, tumble | cause to topple or tumble by pushing. |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (motion) | 10. angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip | to incline or bend from a vertical position.; "She leaned over the banister" |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| ~ weather | cause to slope. |
| ~ heel, list | tilt to one side.; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" |
| ~ lean back, recline | move the upper body backwards and down. |
| v. (motion) | 11. tip, tippytoe, tiptoe | walk on one's toes. |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (contact) | 12. tap, tip | strike lightly.; "He tapped me on the shoulder" |
| ~ percuss | strike or tap firmly.; "the doctor percussed his chest and back" |
| ~ strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon.; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" |
| v. (communication) | 13. tip, tip off | give insider information or advise to.; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot" |
| ~ advise, counsel, rede | give advice to.; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" |
| v. (change) | 14. tip | remove the tip from.; "tip artichokes" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| know | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. know | the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people.; "he is always in the know" |
| ~ knowing | a clear and certain mental apprehension. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. cognise, cognize, know | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" |
| ~ keep track | keep informed of fully aware.; "I keep track of the stock market developments" |
| ~ know | be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt.; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" |
| ~ agnise, agnize, realize, recognize, realise, recognise | be fully aware or cognizant of. |
| v. (cognition) | 3. know | know how to do or perform something.; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" |
| ~ be on the ball, be with it, know the score, know what's going on, know what's what | be well-informed. |
| ~ master, control | have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of.; "Do you control these data?" |
| ~ get the hang, master | be or become completely proficient or skilled in.; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. know | be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt.; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" |
| ~ cognise, cognize, know | be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" |
| ~ foreknow, foresee, previse, anticipate | realize beforehand. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. know | be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" |
| ~ know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. experience, know, live | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations.; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" |
| ~ taste | experience briefly.; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" |
| ~ live over, relive | experience again, often in the imagination.; "He relived the horrors of war" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. acknowledge, know, recognise, recognize | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority.; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. know | have fixed in the mind.; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?" |
| ~ have down | have (something) mastered.; "She has the names of the fifty states down pat" |
| v. (contact) | 9. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ have, take | have sex with; archaic use.; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
| ~ fornicate | have sex without being married. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. know | know the nature or character of.; "we all knew her as a big show-off" |
| ~ agnise, agnize, realize, recognize, realise, recognise | be fully aware or cognizant of. |
| v. (cognition) | 11. know | be able to distinguish, recognize as being different.; "The child knows right from wrong" |
| ~ differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separate, tell | mark as different.; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| ~ know | be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily" |
| ~ recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
| transpire | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. transpirate, transpire | pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas. |
| ~ flow, flux | move or progress freely as if in a stream.; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium" |
| v. (change) | 2. transpire | exude water vapor.; "plants transpire" |
| ~ evaporate, vaporize, vaporise | lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue.; "evaporate milk" |
| v. (change) | 3. transpire | come to light; become known.; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (change) | 4. transpire | come about, happen, or occur.; "Several important events transpired last week" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (body) | 5. transpire | give off (water) through the skin. |
| ~ exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze | release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.; "exude sweat through the pores" |
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