databased

1. 1
   adjective

   Entered into a database.

   All of the survey responses are now databased and ready for analysis.

   She compared the databased entries against the original paper forms.

   Similardigitized, recorded

   Note

   An adjective at home in security, forensic and collection-management writing. Examples include a databased image matched against a face scan, a databased person whose DNA profile is on file, and a databased collection of pinned insects. It usually stands before its noun and takes no more or most. Still, completely can mark how far the work has gone, as in one of the largest completely databased collections in the world.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of database.

   The team databased thousands of records before the deadline.

   After the staff had databased the archive, retrieval became almost instant.

   Note

   A noun put to work as a verb. Database, a structured collection of information, yields a transitive verb meaning to enter data into one. Because it takes an object, the participle forms passives easily, as in the records were databased overnight. The same spelling also serves as the adjective for stored material. After a form of be, only context tells the passive verb from the adjective.

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