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data

/หˆdaetษ™/
B1 ยท Intermediateโ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…
noun

Simple Meaning

information or facts collected for study or analysis.

When to Use

๐Ÿ“ˆBusiness English๐Ÿ“šAcademic Writingโš™๏ธTechnical
Intermediate โ€” can handle common situations

Examples in Conversation

โ€œWe need more data before we can make a decision.โ€

โ€œThe data shows that sales are going up.โ€

โ–ถFull Definition

(plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.

Related Words

Synonyms:
informationfactsfigures
Word Family:
datadatabasedata set

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