database

noun

da·​ta·​base ˈdā-tə-ˌbās 

ˈda-

also ˈdä-

computers

: a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer)

an online database

database transitive verb

Examples of database in a Sentence

All of our customers' information was kept in a database.

Recent Examples on the Web

McCain also claimed that neither body addressed that Hatcher was receiving GSD compensation nearly a year before her appointment as executive director, and the conflict of interest disclosure filings are not in the state database. —Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026

Again, no such person exists in the Yad Vashem database. —Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026

Smythe died Saturday at 53 after suffering a cardiac emergency on a hiking trail, according to the coroner’s online database. —Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026

The first part, which has been running for some time now, has all the podcasts and videos, the data stories, the research reports, databases for Africans working in restitution, this kind of thing. —Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for database

• aerospace
• anatase
• anyplace
• commonplace
• cyberspace
• diabase
• diastase
• dnase
• elastase
• fireplace
• hyperspace
• interface

Kids Definition

database

noun

da·​ta·​base ˈdāt-ə-ˌbās 

ˈdat-

also ˈdät-

: a collection of data that is organized especially to be used by a computer