knowledge &c 490; publicity &c 531; data &c 467.
communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation,
annunciation; announcement; communiqué; representation, round robin,
presentment.
case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news &c
532; return &c (record) 551; account &c (description) 594; statement &c
(affirmation) 535.
mention; acquainting &c v.; instruction &c (teaching) 537;
outpouring; intercommunication, communicativeness.
informant, authority, teller, intelligencer†, reporter, exponent,
mouthpiece; informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective; sleuth;
mouchard†, spy, newsmonger; messenger &c 534; amicus curiae [Lat.].
valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vade
mecum [Lat.]; manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary &c
(journey) 266.
hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word
in the ear, subaudition†, cue, byplay; gesture &c (indication) 550;
gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise;
insinuation &c (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.
V. 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 &c 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 &c (teach) 537; direct the
attention to &c 457.
announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword†, send
word, leave word, write word; telegraph, telephone; wire; retail,
render an account; give an account &c (describe) 594; state &c (affirm)
535.
[disclose inadvertently or reluctantly] let slip, blurt out, spill
the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest; disclose &c 529.
show cause; explain &c (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
&c (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 &c 490; learn &c 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.
Adj. informed &c v.; communique; reported &c v.; published &c 531.
expressive &c 516; explicit &c (open) 525, (clear) 518; plain
spoken &c, (artless) 703.
nuncupative, nuncupatory†; declaratory, expository; enunciative†;
communicative, communicatory†.
Adv. from information received.
Phr. a little bird told me; I heard it through the grapevine.
527a. Correction [Correct an error of information; distinguish from
correcting a flaw or misbehavior] — N. correction.
disillusionment &c 616.
V. correct, set right, set straight, put straight; undeceive†;
enlighten.
show one one's error; point out an error, point out a fallacy;
pick out an error, pick out the fallacy; open one's eyes.
pick apart an argument, confutation &c 479; reasoning &c 476.
Adj. corrective.
Phr. I stand corrected.