database

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

databases

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

database

past (v2)

databased

past participle (v3)

databased

present participle

databasing

3rd person singular

databases

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.

   • I have a database of all my contacts in my personal organizer.

2. 2.A set of tables and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.

   • The "books" database will have three tables, and the "customers" database will have two tables.

3. 3.A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.

   • Which database do you use: MySQL or Oracle?

4. 4.A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To enter (data) into a database.

   • The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).

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Word family

• data