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harvest

harvest

4 4.4
A large collection of data gathered from many sources
  • noun
  • /ˈhɑrvɪst/
  • Texting
translation icon : recolección de datos
  • Relative harvest levels were compared for various combinations of tau, harvest strategies, and natural and fishing mortality rates.
  • data harvest

And so DEA would come in, detain them, harvest all the stuff, pose a big picture.

Examples

  • In 1989-90, the sea cucumber harvests appear to have decreased.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The researchers compiled a comprehensive harvest of climate data from various satellite sources for their study.

  • I told him about Frazor, the farm, and how the harvest had been such a financial success.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Thirty seconds later, he was emailed back a confirmation with a harvest tag number.

    Blog text (34)
  • Data for Hawaii's recreational fisheries, which may represent a large portion of the harvest in the nearshore areas, are virtually unrecorded.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The team's latest project produced a significant harvest of user feedback that will guide future improvements.

  • By using advanced software, they were able to automate the harvest of social media data for analysis.

Synonyms

harvesting
vsharvest
  • Specialized
1 4.3

Automatically collecting data from websites or sensors for study

is the same concept but used as the general noun for the activity

Idioms

To get the results of work, for example gather crops at harvest

Compounds

8 1.0

The time of year when farmers gather crops from fields

6 4.7

A full moon that comes soon after the start of autumn and gives extra light for farmers

A community celebration that marks the end of the harvest with food and music

2 1.6

A time when crops grow well and give a lot of food

harvest home
  • Archaic
1 7.2

A festival at the end of the farming year when people gather to celebrate crops

A small mouse that lives in fields and climbs tall grasses

Crops that are gathered in summer, such as fruits and vegetables

A small gray mouse in North and Central America that lives in grain fields and tall grass

harvest fly
  • Archaic
8.1

A loud insect that sings in summer, often in July and August

8.1

A very small baby bug that bites people and makes red itchy bumps on the skin

9.9

An upright plant that lives for many years and grows in dry grassy places

How Large

harvest
  • Texting
4 4.4
dataset
  • Specialized
21 3.5
sample
2.3

Surface Forms

harvest singular
harvests plural

Etymology

Harvest is used for data by the same idea as crops: a 'harvest' is a big gathering, so a data harvest is a large collection of information gathered for study or use. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine fields of information being collected like crops.