database

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: data base, data-base, diabase, databases, databank, catalase, datable, panabase, databased, databus, katalase

Antonyms: data base, data-base, diabase, databases, databank, catalase, datable, panabase, databased, databus, katalase

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|broadly}} A collection of (usually) organized [[information]] in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a [[machine-readable]] format accessible by a [[computer]].
2. {{lb|en|computing}} A set of [[table]]s and other objects (queries, reports, forms) in the form of a structured data set.
3. {{lb|en|computing|loosely|metonymically}} A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.
4. {{lb|en|computing|loosely|metonymically}} A combination of such data sets and the programs for using them.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To enter ([[data]]) into a database.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.