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

Personal information exposed through data brokers Your name, phone number, address and other personal details may appear on people-search websites or data broker databases. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

And Uecker isn’t the only baseball broadcaster in the USPTO database. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Also, many families of rare disease patients spend years creating databases, known as natural history studies, so they can be used as control groups in trials instead of giving patients a placebo, which is often impractical and unethical. — Gerry Smith, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Methodology The first dimension, Growth Performance, was assessed using data from Statista’s revenue database, which contains company growth data for the last five years. — Time Staff, Time, 22 Oct. 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