an organized set of data that is stored in a computer and can be looked at and used in various waysOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivelarge,comprehensive,central,…verb + databasebuild,build up,create,…database + verbcontain somethingdatabase + nounapplication,engine,server,…prepositionin a/the database,on a/the database,database of,…Seefull entrySee related entries:Computer programmingExtra examplesThe database is updated monthly.The information is stored on a large database.The new database contains 200 000 images.We have over 8 000 customer names in our database.We’re trying to create our own computerized database.a very large database of information
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