datafy

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/ˈdeɪtəfaɪ//ˈdɑːtəfaɪ/

verb

To put into data format.

“It's impossible to datafy complex human emotions like anger, love, and sympathy.”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbdatafy (third-person singular simple present datafies, present participle datafying, simple past and past participle datafied)

present singular third person datafies · participle present datafying · participle past datafied · past datafied

  1. transitiveTo put into data format.

    It's impossible to datafy complex human emotions like anger, love, and sympathy.

    1 more example

    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

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 數據化 /数据化
  • 數據化 /数据化 (shùjùhuà)to put into data format
Polish przekształcać w dane, przekształcić w dane
  • przekształcać w daneto put into data format
  • przekształcić w daneto put into data format
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APA

datafy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datafy

MLA

“datafy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datafy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “datafy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datafy.

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