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direction
English
Etymology
From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin d?r?cti?. Equivalent to direct +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /d(a)????k.??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions)
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
- (archaic) A person's address.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:
- Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:
Derived terms
Related terms
- direct
Translations
Anagrams
- cretinoid
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?r?cti?, d?r?cti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.??k.sj??/
Noun
direction f (plural directions)
- (spatial) direction
- (figuratively) direction
- government
- (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
- (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government
Derived terms
- direction assistée
Related terms
- directeur
- diriger
Descendants
- ? Turkish: direksiyon
Further reading
- “direction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
direction (plural directiones)
- direction (orientation, point where one is headed)
- direction, leadership, control, supervision
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information
English
Etymology
From Middle English informacion, enformacion, borrowed from Anglo-Norman informacioun, enformation, Old French information, from Latin ?nf?rm?ti? (“formation, conception; education”), from the participle stem of ?nform?re (“to inform”). Compare West Frisian ynformaasje (“information”), Dutch informatie (“information”), German Information (“information”), Danish information (“information”), Swedish information (“information”), Norwegian informasjon (“information”).Morphologically inform +? -ation
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??nf??me???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??nf??me???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
information (usually uncountable, plural informations)
- That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".
- Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]
- The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification. [from 14th c.]
- (law) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment. [from 15th c.]
- 1968, Carl B. Cone, The English Jacobins, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 131:
- On May 21, 1792, the Attorney General filed an information against Paine charging him with seditious libel.
- 1968, Carl B. Cone, The English Jacobins, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 131:
- (obsolete) The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation. [14th-17th c.]
- (now rare) The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training. [from 14th c.]
- (now rare) The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation. [from 17th c.]
- (computing) […] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
- (Christianity) Divine inspiration. [from 15th c.]
- A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber. [from 20th c.]
- (information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit. [from 20th c.]
- As contrasted with data, information is processed to extract relevant data. [from late 20th c.]
- (information technology) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message). [from late 20th c.]
Usage notes
- The definition of information in the computing context is from an international standard vocabulary which, though formally accepted, is largely ignored by the computing profession.[1]
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Pages starting with “information”.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- information on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- information at OneLook Dictionary Search
- information in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- information in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin informati?, informati?nis.
Noun
information c (singular definite informationen, plural indefinite informationer)
- (a piece of) information.
Inflection
Derived terms
- kontaktinformation
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin informati?, informati?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.f??.ma.sj??/
Noun
information f (plural informations)
- (countable) piece of information; datum
- Cette information nous est parvenue hier soir.
- (plural only) news
- Tous les jours, il regarde la télé le midi pour suivre les informations.
- (uncountable) information
- Théorie de l'information.
Synonyms
- (piece of information): donnée, nouvelle
- (news): nouvelles
- (information): renseignement
Derived terms
- autoroute de l'information
- lettre d’information
- relevé d'informations
- société de l’information
Related terms
- informateur, infomatrice
- informaticien
- informatif
- informationnel
- informatique
- informatiser
- informer
Further reading
- “information” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin informati?, informati?nis.
Pronunciation
Noun
information c
- information
Declension
Related terms
- info
- informant
- informationsavdelning
- informatör
- informera
- turistinformation
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