data

data
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. pl. facts, evidence, information.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. facts, figures, information, evidence, reports, details, specifics, notes, documents, records, abstracts, dossier, testimony, matters of direct observation, known facts, available figures, information base, raw materials, input, statistics, measurements, numbers, results, findings, circumstances, experiments, info*, dope*, score*; see also declaration 2 , knowledge 1 , proof 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
information, report, facts, figures, evidence, measurements, statistics, numbers, document, *readout.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun That which is known about a specific subject or situation: fact (used in plural), information, intelligence, knowledge, lore. See KNOWLEDGE.

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