English in a Minute: Learn common verb collocations with the noun ‘data'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 9 April 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Let's talk about verbs we use with 'data' in this podcast with Beth.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:05.0 | Let's talk about verbs we use with data. |
| 0:08.6 | If you collect or gather data, you search for it yourself. |
| 0:13.2 | For example, this could be by asking people questions or looking at databases online. |
| 0:19.7 | I've been gathering data on breakfast choices |
| 0:22.7 | by asking people what they have for breakfast. |
| 0:26.7 | When you have your answers or figures, |
| 0:29.6 | you might enter that data into a computer system. |
| 0:33.5 | I've been entering data into this spreadsheet all day. |
| 0:38.6 | Then it's time to interpret the data. |
| 0:41.7 | This means you analyse it to see what it means. |
| 0:45.4 | Well, look at that. |
| 0:46.9 | It looks like most people in the BBC have cornflakes for breakfast. |
| 0:51.7 | You might then present the data to colleagues or a company that want the information. |
| 0:57.6 | Sorry, I can't come for brunch, I'm presenting my breakfast data to the cereal company. I'm going to go |
| 1:04.8 | and eat some breakfast, so see you next time. BBC Learning English. |
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