digital

B1 Topic:Technology & Computing

US /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #6279

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to computers, the internet, and electronic technology.

Most newspapers now have a digital version you can read online.
2

adj
Showing information as numbers rather than with hands or a scale.

The digital clock on the wall read 9:45.
3

adj
Storing or sending information as discrete numbers, usually in binary code.

A digital camera records images as data instead of on film.
4

adj
Relating to or done with the fingers.

The doctor performed a digital examination of the wound.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · relating to computers, the... computerizeddigitizedelectronic virtual

Opposites

analoganalogue continuousnondigitalundigital

Word family

Derived forms bidigitalbiodigitaldigeratidigilantedigipeaterdigiscopedigitaliadigitalisedigitalismdigitalization digitalize digitally

Related forms digitalisdigitalitydigitatedigitigrade

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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digital watch
a watch that displays the time as numerals on a screen

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.

Topics

Technology & Computing Photography & Images

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# digital

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 6279

## Meanings
1. Relating to computers, the internet, and electronic technology.
2. Showing information as numbers rather than with hands or a scale.
3. Storing or sending information as discrete numbers, usually in binary code.
4. Relating to or done with the fingers.

## Examples
- Most newspapers now have a digital version you can read online.
- The digital clock on the wall read 9:45.
- A digital camera records images as data instead of on film.
- The doctor performed a digital examination of the wound.

## Antonyms
- analog
- analogue
- continuous
- nondigital
- undigital

## Derived Forms
- bidigital
- biodigital
- digerati
- digilante
- digipeater
- digiscope
- digitalia
- digitalise
- digitalism
- digitalization
- digitalize
- digitally

## Related Forms
- digitalis
- digitality
- digitate
- digitigrade

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.

## AI Etymology
digital was borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis. Current senses include Relating to computers, the internet, and electronic technology and Showing information as numbers rather than with hands or a scale. English relatives and later formations include bidigital, biodigital, digerati, digitalis, digitality.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing
- Photography & Images

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