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dash iki /‘darjiki/ noun a loose shirt or longer piece of clothing worn by men in W Africa, often made from cloth with brightly coloured patterns j&MS ( MAI! A

dash ing /‘daejirj/ adj. (old-fashioned) 1 (usually of a man attractive, confident and elegant Jxl®£M 64; Sfs64; it?H64: a dashing young officer 64A33^'I' 0 his dashing good looks 2 (of a thing fyjfih) attractive and fashionable 04H64; Mfffo: his dashing red waistcoat das tard ly /'daestadli; NAmE -tard-/ adj. (old-fashioned) evil and cruel UP M. H 1$ : My first part was Captain O’Hagarty, a dastardly villain in a children's play. M 64fg-AfJir^JLAJgiJ*643I4Io DAT /daet/ abbr. digital audiotape tfcAia #cff#

data 0^ /■ derta; BrE also 'daita; NAmE also 'daeta/ noun (used as a plural noun in technical English, when the singular is datum datum)

1 [U, pi.] facts or information, especially when examined and used to find out things or to make decisions WlW>\ $tU4; 4414: This data was collected from 69 countries. 69 A5HCI&HA640 0 the

analysis/interpretation of the data WiMfrfE /    0 raw

data (= that has not been analysed) ® #p ^ 14 0 demographical/historical/personal data A P f/tif?£t44; A$4; AX ^44 0 (technical Ai«) These data show that most cancers are detected as a result of clinical follow-up.

2[UJ infor­mation that is stored by a computer (

64 ) jg} U4 : data retrieval (= ways of storing or finding information on a computer) WiWxWM data-bank /'dertabaerjk; NAmE also 'daeta-/ noun a large amount of data on a particular subject that is stored in a computer (fjt#&it^4JlA^—114464 ) data-base /'deitabeis; NAmE also 'daeta-/ noun an organ­ized set of data that is stored in a computer and can be looked at and used in various ways ( fitif#4/1A

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.database management system noun (abbr. DBMS) (computing if) a system for organizing and managing a large amount of data

dat-able /'deitabl/ adj. that can be dated to a particular time of $'J ^ 0 $1 64 ; rT S A ft 64 : pottery that is datable to the second century RTfil AAA 'data capture noun [u] the action or process of collect­ing data, especially using computers       ( A4b AJ

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datacomms (also data-coms) /'deitakomz; NAmE -ka:mz; 'daeta-/ noun [pi.] (computing if) data communi­cations (the transfer of data between computers) ( if

w-4p:ieiift) wm

'data mining noun [U] (computing if) looking at large amounts of information that has been collected on a computer and using it to provide new information

.data 'processing noun [U] (computing if) a series of actions that a computer performs on data to produce an output 3Bt$j}&hJI

.data projection noun [U] legal restrictions that keep information stored on computers private and that control who can read it or use it WiMUff3 'data set noun (computing if) a collection of data which is treated as a single unit by a computer ffc jJ§H 'data terminal noun a computer which allows you to get into a system in order to get or add information

'data type noun (computing it) a particular type of data

'data warehouse noun a large amount of data which comes from different parts of a business and which is

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date 0-w /deit/ noun, verb m noun

                 PARTICULAR DAY 0 M 1 [C] a particular day of the

month, sometimes in a particular year, given in numbers and words 0 $] ; H ‘What’s the date today?’‘The 10th.’       "       “ 10 Ac ” o Write

today’s date at the top of the page.

64 0 Ho b We need to fix a date for the next meeting.

0      0 They haven’t set a date for

the wedding yet. Mi ft Afil A AfiWl 64 0 M<> I can’t come on that date. |PABA4tAA7o 0 Please give your name, address and date of birth,        , Ufeiihitl

JhA. 0 O (especially NAmE) name, address and birth date & £, J&:tii:UR£B£B$]<> There’s no date on this letter. & 14 fg A i£ BJ 0      0see also best-before

DATE, CLOSING DATE, SELL-BY DATE

                 PAST TIME/FUTURE M A ; # A 2 [sing., U] a time in the past or future that is not a particular day Aft; 04 $1;

4                            : The details can be added at a later date. £0 A R1

il®04f^;S;4t'4E)SAo o The work will be carried out at a future date.        0 a building of late

Roman date ^4B4ft/5$642tm

                 ARRANGEMENT TO MEET 3 [C] (BrE) an arrangement to meet sb at a particular time H§ 04 fal; £4 JfLM |b] : Call me next week and we’ll try and make a date. F-MI41

                 ROMANTIC MEETING #}& 4 [C] a meeting that you have arranged with a boyfriend or girlfriend or with sb who might become a boyfriend or girlfriend £4 £;

I’ve got a date with Lucy tomorrow night. BJ A8&± 0 Paul’s not coming. He’s got a hot date (= an exciting one). {£p AA T c —AIAS &    64 & £ o — see also blind date, double date

5                  [C] (especially NAmE) a boyfriend or girlfriend with whom you have arranged a date £4 AU4IA My date is meeting me at seven. f£64U4IH;;&#^fiici&ffio

                 FRUIT      [C] a sweet sticky brown fruit that grows

on a tree called a date palm, common in N Africa and WAsia (   ) /«

1771771 to 'date until now 3\ @ f[Alt;

: To date, we have received over 200 replies. 3\ g fj A It, #Cl B'iftf'J 200  o o The exhibition

contains some of his best work to date.

A A it—64Appo — see also out of date, up to

DATE

verb

                 WRITE DATE 0H 1 [VN] to write or print the date on

sth&Bj]B$]; ^±0ffi: Thank you for your letter dated 24th March. # 3 A 24 0       iltttc

                 FIND AGE ae Aft 2 [VN] to say when sth old existed or

was made ae- A ft: The skeleton has been dated at about 2000 BC.        64^Aft A^TLfj 2000 AS^o

                 OF CLOTHES/WORDS      M t# 3 [V] to become old-

fashioned 04 ; A #rL fr : She designs classic clothes which do not date. Miiit&4A4K^4tM^A^51fl4o

                 PERSON K 4 [VN] if sth dates you, it shows that you are fairly old or older than the people you are with f£

M ; & lB ••• 64 A # A : I was at the Woodstock festival—that dates me, doesn’t it? 4PMfB.fi $t 46 % fcfcWJfcHF      JSAJi?

                 HAVE RELATIONSHIP      5 (especially NAmE) to

have a romantic relationship with sb A ( ^ A ) $

6                  H : [VN] She’s been dating Ron for several months.

[also v]

iJsiitfi date back (to ..: ) | date from ... to have existed since a particular time in the past or for the length of time mentioned i!,$4f!|;     ; I ■■■$4':

The college dates back to medieval times.

<> The custom dates back hundreds of years.

b a law dating from the 17th century g 17  '64.

date-book /'deitbuk/ noun (NAmE) = diary(I) dated /‘deitid/ adj. old-fashioned; belonging to a time in the past 410464; ^ 10 64 — compare undated 'date-line /'deitlam/ noun = International Date Line