Word Frequency
data (ˈdeɪtə
; ˈdɑːtə
)
Definitions
plural noun
- a series of observations, measurements, or facts; information
- Also called: information (computing) the information operated on by a computer program
Although now often used as a singular noun, data is properly a plural
Word Origin
C17: from Latin, literally: (things) given, from dare to givedatum (ˈdeɪtəm
; ˈdɑːtəm
)
Definitions
noun
(plural) -ta (-tə)- a single piece of information; fact
- a proposition taken for granted, often in order to construct some theoretical framework upon it; a given See also sense datum
Word Origin
C17: from Latin: something given; see dataNewlyn datum (ˈnjuːlɪn
)
Definitions
noun
- another name for ordnance datum
Word Origin
named after Newlyn, Cornwall, where the observations were takenTranslations for 'data'
- British English: data You can talk about information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or numbers.The study was based on data from 2,100 women.ˈdeɪtə; ˈdɑːtə NOUN
- Arabic: بَيَانَات
- Brazilian Portuguese: dados
- Chinese: 数据
- Croatian: podaci
- Czech: data
- Danish: data
- Dutch: gegevens
- European Spanish: datos
- Finnish: tiedot
- French: données
- German: Daten
- Greek: δεδομένα
- Italian: dati
- Japanese: データ
- Korean: 데이터
- Norwegian: data
- Polish: dane
- Portuguese: dados
- Romanian: date
- Russian: данные
- Spanish: datos
- Swedish: data
- Thai: สถิติ
- Turkish: veri
- Ukrainian: дані
- Vietnamese: số liệu
Example Sentences Including 'data'
A cookie is a short piece of data which is sent from a web server to a web browser when that browser visits the server's site.Cycling Weekly (2004)
Adam Procane is preparing to cross over to us with a whole cargo of data on the latest American military projects.Cover Story
Although the GDP data were stronger than expected, Butler did not believe they changed the outlook for UK interest rates.Glasgow Herald (2001)
And she was also putting in overtime helping to update the human resources computer data.SOMEBODY (2002)
Another major area of concern is handling the data , particularly the unit assessments.Glasgow Herald (2001)
But the storage and analysis of personal data also destroys privacy in a very real way.Irish Times (2002)
Raup set about developing statistical tests to check on the validity of data about the ranges of fossils through geological time.EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
This will enable Irish subscribers to check e-mails and use other data services but not make voice calls on their handsets.Irish Times (2002)
Within half an hour an officer arrived and took down all the data.The Witch Tree Symbol
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Comments
"...data is properly a plural" 1. What does "properly" mean here? 2. If "data" is properly a plural, is "spaghetti" also properly a plural? The contributor who wrote the 'spaghetti' entry clearly does not think so! "...now often used as a singular noun..." 3. Surely it's used as an uncountable noun by most people, not a singular. (e.g. "We haven't got much data on that")
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