HOW TO PRONOUNCE
data
/ˈdeɪtə/
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DAY-tuh and DAT-uh are both used.
DAY-tuh and DAT-uh both have first-syllable stress. The first vowel can sound like day or cat.
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“The data support this conclusion.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does data mean?
noun
- plural of datum
- 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.
- 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).
More meanings (2)
noun
- Ellipsis of mobile data (“digital information transmitted using the cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi”).
proper noun
- A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdeɪtə/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Saint Lucia also possesses an expanding industrial base supported by foreign investment in manufacturing and other activities, such as in data processing.
But there is one quite important branch of institutional work that has not been touched upon, and I myself am gathering data.
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We must carefully discriminate between the technical value of anthropological data concerning the criminal man and their scientific function in criminal sociology.
Discussion might be provoked, but it inevitably proved abortive, inasmuch as there was a complete absence of data based upon actual experience.
It contains data relative to 17 cases in which abdominal section has been successfully performed for advanced ectopic gestation with living children.