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 data removal services help reduce your digital footprint by requesting takedowns from these databases. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026

Additionally, although a useful resource, a weather event that may have killed many people (such as the July 4 Texas flooding that killed at least 137 people) but didn't approach the $1 billion total would not appear in this database. —Doyle Rice, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026

That includes adding more than 700,000 new administrative warrants on the National Crime Information Center database, which police use for background checks. —Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 10 Jan. 2026

Search the pay of Kuna’s full-time city employees in the Statesman’s database below. —Scott McIntosh, Idaho Statesman, 9 Jan. 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