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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The most recent awards call for contractors to help the agency geolocate individuals labeled as “extremists,” compile reports on individuals and cross-reference information with government databases, contracting documents show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Despite a total population of just over six million people, the Baltic states possessed around 33,000 startups last year, according to data from Lursoft IT, a Latvian company specialising in business and financial databases.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
In many states, you can look up a contractor’s credentials and complaints against them in government-run databases for free.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The app then compares those estimates with nutrition databases to calculate calories and other nutrients.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Tucker and I had exhausted the library’s databases on Scarlet and McCoy, with no further clues about McCoy’s particular brand of psychosis.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
