- data
- nounADJECTIVE▪ accurate, reliable▪ comprehensive, detailed, extensive▪ limited▪ preliminary, raw▪
We have amassed a large amount of raw data for analysis.
▪ factual, hard▪There is no hard data to support these theories.
▪ available, published▪ unpublished▪ personal▪ digital, empirical, experimental, numerical, observational, quantitative, scientific, statistical▪ demographic, environmental, financial, genetic, geological, historical, technical… OF DATA▪ piece▪One vital item of data was missing from the table.
▪ mass, set▪Special software is needed to manipulate the mass of data.
▪Although we were using the same set of data, we obtained different results.
VERB + DATA▪ acquire, amass, capture, collect, gather, generate, get, obtain▪We need to collect more data before we can do any more work.
▪ enter, feed in▪The next step is to feed in all this data.
▪ have, hold, record, store▪They are not allowed to hold data on people's private finances.
▪ access, retrieve▪ analyse/analyze, compare, examine, interpret, look at, study▪ use▪ handle, manage, manipulate, process▪The computer can manipulate massive amounts of data.
▪ exchange, share, transfer▪ send, transmit▪ present (sb with), show▪ provide (sb with), publish, report▪The government departments refused to provide the data that we required.
▪ fit▪This theory seems to fit the available data.
DATA + VERB▪ be derived from sth▪The data derived from this project has increased our knowledge of how genes work.
▪ illustrate sth, indicate sth, reflect sth, show sth, suggest sth▪Data indicates that most crime is committed by young males.
▪This data reflects the magnitude of the problem.
▪ support sthDATA + NOUN▪ acquisition, capture, collection▪Weather conditions have made accurate data collection difficult.
▪ entry, input▪ storage▪ access, retrieval▪ analysis, handling, management, manipulation, processing▪ exchange, interchange, stream, transfer, transmission▪ protection, security▪These demands could breach EU data-protection laws.
▪ loss▪ source▪ archive, bank (usually databank), base (usually database), centre/center, file, network, set▪The fuller data set for this period permits a much more detailed analysis.
▪ service, structure, systemPREPOSITION▪ in the data▪We have found some very interesting things in the data.
▪ data about▪Data about patients is only released with their permission.
▪ data for▪We have no data for southern Mexico.
▪ data from▪My aim is to synthesize data from all the surveys.
▪ data on▪data on the effects of pollution
PHRASES▪ the acquisition, handling, storage, etc. of data▪ a source of data
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
