data

UK /ˈdɑː.tə/ US [ˈdäː.ɾə]

noun 3name 1

Definitions

noun

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.

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 is usually structured (such as statistics).

Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points

This data shows that X is correlated with Y.

Ellipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”).

run out of data

name

A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

accurate, reliable

comprehensive, detailed, extensive

raw

The scientists collected raw data from thousands of patients before starting their research.

factual, hard

The researchers collected factual data from hundreds of interviews across the country.

empirical, experimental, numerical, observational, scientific, statistical

demographic, environmental, financial, geological, historical, technical

QUANT

item, piece

The researcher found one crucial piece of data that changed the entire study.

mass, set

The researchers had to organize a massive set of data before they could complete their analysis.

VERB + DATA

acquire, amass, capture, collect, gather, get, obtain

The researchers gathered data from thousands of patients across five different hospitals.

enter, feed in

have, hold, record, store

The company stores data about millions of customers on secure servers.

access, retrieve

analyse, examine, interpret, look at, study

handle, manage, manipulate, process

The hospital needs software to handle patient data securely and efficiently.

exchange, share, transfer

present (sb with)

provide (sb with)

The hospital provided us with data showing improvements in patient care over the last year.

DATA + VERB

be derived from sth

The results came from data derived from interviews with over 500 people.

indicate sth, reflect sth, show sth, suggest sth

The survey data suggests that people prefer online shopping to visiting stores.

support sth

DATA + NOUN

acquisition, capture, collection

entry, input

storage

access, retrieval

analysis, handling, management, manipulation, processing

exchange, interchange, transfer, transmission

protection, security

source

archive, bank (also databank), base (also database), file

system

PREP

in the ~

The researchers discovered several patterns in the data from last year's survey.

~ about

The company collected data about customer shopping habits to improve their website.

~ for

The research team collected data for three different age groups across the country.

~ from

The research team collected data from hundreds of interviews across the country.

~ on

We collected data on student attendance rates over the entire school year.

PHRASES

the acquisition/handling/storage, etc. of data, a source of data

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

information

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

if you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything

Statistics can be manipulated to support any conclusion.

Example Bank

Data can be sent through email.

Wiktionary

Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points

Wiktionary

This data shows that X is correlated with Y.

Wiktionary

The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.

Tatoeba · #2081

In our interpretation, the output data in Table 2 is an acceptable variation of that in Table 1.

Tatoeba · #23443

The data to be discussed below was collected in the following way.

Tatoeba · #28386

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