"data" meaning in English

See data in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdeɪtə/ [UK, US], /ˈdætə/ [US], /ˈdɑːtə/ [Australia] Audio: en-us-data1.ogg [US], en-us-data2.ogg [US], en-au-data.ogg [Australia] Forms: data or datum [singular], data [plural]
enPR: dā'tə [UK, US], dă'tə [US], dä'tə [Australia] Head templates: {{noun3|data|datum|data}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Data is information, such as facts, numbers, photographs, etc. Synonyms: information
    Sense id: simple-data-en-noun-wORBZmPC
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "data or datum",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "data",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "data",
        "2": "datum",
        "3": "data"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A study using experimental data from ten schools found no difference between methods."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Data is information, such as facts, numbers, photographs, etc."
      ],
      "id": "simple-data-en-noun-wORBZmPC",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "information"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "dā'tə",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeɪtə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"deIt@</",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dă'tə",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdætə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"d{t@/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dä'tə",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑːtə/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"dA:t@/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-data1.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-data2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-data.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "data"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "data or datum",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "data",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "data",
        "2": "datum",
        "3": "data"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A study using experimental data from ten schools found no difference between methods."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Data is information, such as facts, numbers, photographs, etc."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "information"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "dā'tə",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeɪtə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"deIt@</",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dă'tə",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdætə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"d{t@/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dä'tə",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɑːtə/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"dA:t@/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-data1.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-data2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-data.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "data"
}

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