statistic

CEFRB1

/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

01
noun
A number that shows information about something.
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noun
Extra detail
A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

A single item in a statistical study.
A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.

Extra meaning

In context

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.
By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.
This is the only subject in the world which has not been statisticked, which is another proof of scientific neglect by the investigators.

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This is the only subject in the world which has not been statisticked, which is another proof of scientific neglect by the investigators.
1912 April 13, W. Kee Maxwell, “A Cold in the Head”, in The Judge, volume 62,, number 1591
When you get us all neatly docketed and statisticked, where will you put me?
1926, Earning a Living by the Pen, page 81
Statisticked, are thirty other estates, ranging from that of a Mr. Morrison who has only one house, one garage, 65 stables, 2 kennels, 480 cattle, and 1250 acres, to the little hideaway of William Woodward which boasts 29 houses, 90 horses, 100 cattle, one tennis court, 26 vehicles, and 2200 acres.
1935, Advertising Fortnightly - Volume 25, page 64
The proposals can be broken down to easily understood issues, they may be developed, illustrated, "statisticked,” to whatever point is necessary.
1943, American Society of Planning Officials, Planning, page 68
The direct empirical knowledge of these circumstances, available to individuals involved in production, cannot be quantified, statisticked or otherwise frozen for the central planner's use.
1970, Sudha R. Shenoy, Under-development and Economic Growth, page 16

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Back-formation from statistics.