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The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Broader term 11

Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Accusal 76% connected

Accusation.

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Accusation 76% connected

The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Message 76% connected

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Acquaintance 76% connected

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of…

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Ammunition 76% connected

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

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Arcanum 76% connected

A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.

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Background 76% connected

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Circumstance 76% connected

That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Confirmation 76% connected

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

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Consideration 76% connected

The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

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Conversance 76% connected

The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy.

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Conversancy 76% connected

Conversance

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Curriculum 76% connected

A race course; a place for running.

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database 76% connected

A structured store of information that can be searched and updated.

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Datum 76% connected

Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.

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Evidence 76% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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Example 76% connected

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Fact 76% connected

A doing, making, or preparing.

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Familiarity 76% connected

The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimac…

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Illustration 76% connected

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

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Instance 76% connected

The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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Intelligence 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Misinformation 76% connected

Untrue or incorrect information.

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News 76% connected

A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intellige…

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Predictor 76% connected

One who predicts; a foreteller.

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Propaganda 76% connected

A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions.

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Report 76% connected

To refer.

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Representative 76% connected

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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Secret 76% connected

Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

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Skinny 76% connected

Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.

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Stimulant 76% connected

Serving to stimulate.

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Stimulation 76% connected

The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.

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Stimulus 76% connected

A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action.

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Syllabus 76% connected

A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.

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Tabulation 76% connected

The act of forming into a table or tables; as, the tabulation of statistics.

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Tidings 76% connected

Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news.

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Word 76% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Inform 74% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Inform 74% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Synonym 2

Data 92% connected

See Datum.

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Entropy 92% connected

A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but…

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