information gathering
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3.5
- noun
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recopilación de información
- Efficient information gathering is crucial for making well-informed decisions in any business.
- information gathering interview
- information gathering activities
- information gathering process
So constantly using our sensing information gathering and then getting back on track, getting back on track.
- So constantly using our sensing information gathering and then getting back on track, getting back on track.
- But that was always like on purpose because I've lived on Twitter for information gathering since O nine, since I was a fucking teenager.
Examples
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Students also learn the importance of careful observation and patience in information gathering.
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The survey is used as the information-gathering tool in the study.
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And I basically presented it as I'm seeing it, which is this is an information gathering exercise.
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Now in that early stage, though, a lot of their intensity is on intelligence and information gathering about you.
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Nobody beats me at information gathering.
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The success of law enforcement is partially determined by its information gathering.
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Then they watch a video demonstration of an information-gathering interview.
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In Phase Two, the information gathered from the FBA was used to create a function-based intervention.
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We think wikis are places to do collaborative information gathering, writing, updating, planning, and a host of other group work.
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Its approach to data security relied instead on adjudicatory enforcement actions rather than information gathering and dissemination.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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5.0
A legal process where lawyers ask for documents before a trial
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3.9
Sent to find out what happened and gather information
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'information gathering' is directly and compositionally built from 'information' (facts or knowledge) + 'gathering' (the process of collecting), so its meaning 'the process of collecting facts or data' is predictable from the parts. This noun‑noun/compound pattern is common across languages and English, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase information gathering comes from the simple image of picking fruit, where people are gathering small pieces of information into a basket. So it means 'collecting facts for a purpose'.