noun (uncountable/plural) · neutral
data
/ˈdeɪtə/DA·ta
Band 4-5task1task2speaking
facts or information used for analysis, often in numbers
Examples
“The survey produced a lot of data for the researchers to analyse.”
“We need more reliable data before making conclusions.”
“Data from the experiment were recorded every hour.”
Band 8 sentence
“The dataset contains longitudinal data from thousands of participants, enabling robust statistical analysis.”
Collocations
- collect data
- statistical data
- raw data
Word family
data noundatabase noundatum noun (singular, rare)
Common mistakes
datas→data
many data is→much data is / many data points are
Say it for a higher band
5info→6information→7+data
Synonyms
information
Easily confused
information
“The report summarised the information from the raw data.”
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