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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

datafy en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɑːtəfaɪ/
  • /ˈdeɪtəfaɪ/

Etymology

From data + -fy.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To put into data format.
    • It's impossible to datafy complex human emotions like anger, love, and sympathy.
    • Once again, the company did not ask for permission. It simply repeated the “original sin of simple robbery” and took what it wanted, waiting for resistance to run its course as it devoured and datafied the world's public spaces, streets, buildings, and homes. 2018, Shoshana Zuboff, chapter 5, in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
datafied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
datafied Tense=Past lexicographic
datafying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
datafies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

datafier · datafication · datafiable

Relateds

metricize · digitize · data type · measure · big data · digitalize · Big Data · encode · meter · data structure · codify

Translations (3)

pl przekształcać w dane (to put into data format) · cmn 數據化 /数据化 (to put into data format) · pl przekształcić w dane (to put into data format)