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

So, uh, maybe don’t paste your customer database in Claude or Perplexity, OK? —Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025

Unistellar plans to have over 1 million terrestrial points of interest added to its database, with Envision including real-time altitude, distance and azimuth data into the display. —Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025

Rodríguez said that the database is the first step in developing conservation strategies and taking action. —Nell Lewis, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025

Coglianese says his own database now tracks over 3,000 uses. —Tharin Pillay, Time, 10 Oct. 2025

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