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data

da·ta [ ˈdā-tə]

Recent Examples on the Web

//The data will help inform the tech giant's creation of new software that can recommend changes in how patients are cared for, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, "Google reportedly mining millions of Americans personal health data," 11 Nov. 2019
//The actual impact of the Trump travel ban, in other words, could be even bigger than what the data shows.
— Vahid Niayesh, The Conversation, "What Trump’s travel ban really looks like, almost two years in," 28 Oct. 2019
//The skimming code would capture your information in real time and send it to remote server where the data is collected by the criminals behind the scene.
— Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, "Hackers hover near online shopping carts, too. It's called e-skimming," 23 Oct. 2019
//In the class of students that graduated at the end of the 2007-08 school year — Roberts' class — 13 of the 40 students who graduated went right to college the next year, according to data tracked by the Michigan Department of Education.
— David Jesse, Freep.com, "Getting to college from rural Michigan is tough. Staying is tougher," 22 Oct. 2019
//About 110 students collected food here during the fall 2015 semester, according to data provided by Jessica Taylor, the founding director of the pantry and a social work professor at the university.
— Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, "'Shocking' number of Cincinnati area college students skip meals, worry about going hungry," 18 Oct. 2019
//Jobs, the economy and education also ranked high on Black women’s list of concerns, but the data shows that health, freedom and safety are the most urgent issues.
— Glynda C. Carr, Essence, "Presidential Candidates Take Note: Black Women Voters Want to Hear Your Plan For Addressing These Issues," 15 Oct. 2019
//Providence Equity acquired a stake in the company in 2016, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
— Gillian Tan, Bloomberg.com, "EQT Is in Talks to Buy Data-Center Firm EdgeConneX for $2.5 Billion," 11 Oct. 2019
//The billions of data points, and counting, that the scanners have collected have proved hard to interpret.
— Paul Voosen, Science Magazine, "A project to monitor every aspect of a fast-shrinking glacier could hold an answer to an urgent question: How fast will seas rise?," 10 Oct. 2019

First Known Use of data

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for data

Latin, plural of datum — see datum

Dictionary Entries near data

Phrases Related to data

data recovery

flight data recorder

More Synonyms and Antonyms ofdata

Synonyms of data

a collection of factual knowledge about something

we are putting together all the data we have obtained on the local housing market

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More Definitions fordata

data

noun

English Language Learners Definition of data

: facts or information used usually to calculate, analyze, or plan something

: information that is produced or stored by a computer

data

noun plural

da·ta | \ ˈdā-tə , ˈda-tə\

Kids Definition of data

1 : facts about something that can be used in calculating, reasoning, or planning

2 : information expressed as numbers for use especially in a computer

Hint: Data can be used as a singular or a plural in writing and speaking.
//This data is useful. These data have been questioned.

data

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

da·ta | \ ˈdāt-ə , ˈdat- , ˈdät- \

Medical Definition of data

: factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation
//the data is plentiful and easily available— H. A. Gleason, Jr. comprehensive data on the incidence of Lyme disease