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data¹
- /ˈdɑːtə/ UK
- /ɖɑʈɑ/ South Asia
- [ˈdäːɾə] Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈdeɪtə/ US, UK
- /ˈdɛjtə/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ɖeʈɑ/ South Asia
- [ˈdeɪɾə]
- /ˈdætə/ Canada, Ireland, US
- /ɖaʈɑ/ South Asia
Sounds like darter (non-rhotic), dater (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɑːtə, -eɪtə, -ætə
Where it comes from
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.
noun D
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plural of datum
Holonym: data set
Similar: data points
noun D
- 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.
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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
Similar: dataset, data set, data points
- Ellipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”). run out of data
Data²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Kankanaey Data. See that for more details.
proper noun
- A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: information, informatics, computer, datafile, datatype, dataset, databank, database, datasheet, statistical, stats, statistics, statistic, record, sample, file
Translations
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noun information
| Español | datos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 자료 jaryo, 데이터 deiteo, 정보 jeongbo |
| 日本語 | 資料 shiryō, 統計 tōkei, 情報 jōhō, データ dēta |
| 中文 | 數據 /数据 shùjù |
| हिन्दी | डेटा ḍeṭā, डाटा ḍāṭā, आँकड़ा ā̃kṛā |
| Português | dados |
| Français | données |
| Deutsch | Daten, Informationseinheiten |
| Italiano | dato, dati |
| Ελληνικά | δεδομένα dedoména |
| Română | date |
| Русский | да́нные dánnyje, информа́ция informácija |
| Tiếng Việt | dữ liệu, đa ta |
| العربية | بَيَانَات bayānāt, مَعْلُومَات maʕlūmāt, مُعْطَيَات muʕṭayāt |
| עברית | נְתוּנִים n'tuním |
Talk about this word "data." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/data. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. data. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/data "data." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/data.Cite this
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