data

Bridgezipf 5.34

Pronunciation

/ˈdeɪtə/(DAY-tuh)

Part of speech

nounneutral

Chinese

数据；资料（用于分析或参考的事实和统计数字）

Definition

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis; information processed or stored by a computer.

Word family

  • database/ˈdeɪtəbeɪs/(n)数据库
  • dataset/ˈdeɪtəset/(n)数据集

Collocations

  • collect data
  • analyse data
  • data collection
  • raw data
  • big data
  • data privacy
  • data-driven

Examples

  1. 1.The decision was data-driven — they analysed over two years of customer behaviour before making any changes.
  2. 2.Data privacy concerns are increasingly shaping how companies collect, store, and share customer information.

Synonyms

  • information/ɪnˌfɔːˈmeɪʃən/— facts provided
  • evidence/ˈevɪdəns/— available facts
  • statistics/stəˈtɪstɪks/— numerical data

Etymology

from Latin "data," plural of "datum" (something given), from "dare" (to give)