Meaning

2 senses
  1. (collective, uncountable)A representation of information in a computer (as symbols, quantities, sound, images or videos) which is stored, processed or transmitted in the form of electrical signals, records on magnetic tape or punched cards, etc.

    Data can be sent through email.

  2. (collective, uncountable)Material recorded and known or assumed as facts and used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation, represented especially in the form of numbers, and usually structured (such as statistics).

    Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points

    This data shows that X is correlated with Y.

More definitions
  • a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

Examples

462 sentences
  1. I hope this data will be useful to you.

    Я сподіваюся, ці дані будуть вам корисні.

    ruЯ надеюсь, эти данные будут вам полезны.

    deIch hoffe, diese Daten werden Ihnen nützen.

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  2. Is this data accurate?

    Це точні дані?

    ruЭто точные данные?

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  3. We need more data.

    Ми потребуємо ще даних.

    ruНам нужно больше данных.

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  4. I saw the data.

    Я бачила дані.

    ruЯ видел данные.

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  5. Tom backed up his data.

    Том зробив резервну копію своїх даних.

    ruТом сделал резервную копию своих данных.

    deTom sicherte seine Daten.

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given”), neuter past partic

Borrowed from Latin data, nominative plural of datum (“that is given”), neuter past participle of dō (“to give”); by surface analysis, dat(um) + -a. Doublet of date.

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
data setdatasetdata points
Close in meaning
  • a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn:information

Word family

165 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • this data is
  • collecting data
  • the data was

See also

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