data
[ˈdäːɾə]
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.34 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Uncountable
noun
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).
Uncountable
noun
Ellipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”).
Uncountable
name
A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Example Sentences
- "Holonym: data set"
- "These data show that the new policy is not working as intended."
- "First from these Data, let us obtain the Breadth of the Glass e z"
- "In the past, the CAT bond market has been criticized for lack of investor interest. However, that assessment is now outdated—recent data suggest broad market interest in CAT bonds among institutional investors. Figure A9.8 shows the percentage of new issue volume by investor type in 1999 and 2007. In 1999, insurers and reinsurers were very prominent on both the supply and demand sides of the market and were among the leading investors in the bonds, accounting for 55 percent of the market. If insurers and reinsurers are on both sides of the market, the market cannot be said to have attracted very much new capital into the financing of catastrophic risk. However, by 2007, insurers and reinsurers accounted for only 7 percent of demand, suggesting that substantial external capital has been attracted to the market. Dedicated CAT funds accounted for 55 percent of the market in 2007, and money managers and hedge funds accounted for 36 percent. The declining spreads and increasingly broad market interest in the bonds suggest that the bonds are attractive to investors and are playing an increasingly important role relative to conventional reinsurance."
- "Data can be sent through email."
- "Near-synonyms: dataset, data set, data points"
Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: data
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ˈdäːɾə]
- British English: /ˈdɑːtə/