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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
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Facts
da?ta /'de?t?, 'd??t?/ ??? S1 W1 AWL noun 1 [plural, uncountable] information or factsdata | meaning of data in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCEhttps://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/data How the noun facts can define data?I don't understand the difference and relation between facts and data.
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I have found Longman to be not very good. Just saying. The word "data" is from mathematics and science.
- I have found Longman to be not very good.
- Just saying.
- The word "data" is from mathematics and science.
- You should not expect any uses of the word outside those realms to actually mean anything you can pin down.
- Data is facts—exactly how many tons of granola Americans eat every day, the number of oak trees in New Hampshire—that can be used to make calculations.
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I have found Longman to be not very good. Just saying.
The word "data" is from mathematics and science. You should not expect any uses of the word outside those realms to actually mean anything you can pin down. Data is facts—exactly how many tons of granola Americans eat every day, the number of oak trees in New Hampshire—that can be used to make calculations.
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