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databasing

databasing is the present participle and gerund of database.

Meaning of database

Verb

database (third-person singular simple present databases, present participle databasing, simple past and past participle databased)

  1. (transitive) To enter (data) into a database.
    • The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found).2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 5

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Questions about databasing

What is databasing the present participle and gerund of?
Databasing is the present participle and gerund of database.

Words near databasing in the dictionary

  1. databased
  2. databaseless
  3. databaselike
  4. databases
  5. databasey
  6. databasing
  7. databend
  8. databending
  9. databends
  10. databent
  11. datable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: databasing (page history and authors); database (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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