database
noun
a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
databases
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pluralof database.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They were able to do so thanks to DNA data that relatives had provided to commercial databases, similar to consumer ancestry platforms.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Researchers hope the databases created using the digitised text -- which he likens to a kind of "huge Facebook of the past" -- could help bring to light links between people, places and ideas.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
In another case, the audit found that a high-ranking law enforcement officer misused confidential databases to look up family members and other employees without legitimate business purposes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Together, these measurements created one of the most extensive databases on atherosclerosis assembled to date.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Of these, nine had distinct patterns of small mutations that the researchers could 'not find in any databases or in the literature.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
