statistic

English

Etymology

    Back-formation from statistics. By surface analysis, stat + -istic.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
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    • Rhymes: -ɪstɪk
    • Hyphenation: sta‧tis‧tic

    Noun

    statistic (plural statistics)

    1. A quantity measured from the data in a sample; an item in a statistical study.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:statistic
    2. (figurative, somewhat euphemistic) A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
      Synonym: number
      By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.

    Translations

    Verb

    statistic (third-person singular simple present statistics, present participle statisticking, simple past and past participle statisticked)

    1. (transitive) To analyze or describe using statistics.
      • 1912 April 13, W. Kee Maxwell, “A Cold in the Head”, in The Judge, volume 62, number 1591:
        This is the only subject in the world which has not been statisticked, which is another proof of scientific neglect by the investigators.
      • 1926, Earning a Living by the Pen, page 81:
        When you get us all neatly docketed and statisticked, where will you put me?
      • 1935, Advertising Fortnightly - Volume 25, page 64:
        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.
      • 1943, American Society of Planning Officials, Planning, page 68:
        The proposals can be broken down to easily understood issues, they may be developed, illustrated, "statisticked,” to whatever point is necessary.
      • 1970, Sudha R. Shenoy, Under-development and Economic Growth, page 16:
        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.
    2. (intransitive) To cite or calculate statistics.
      • 1925, National Safety Council, Proceedings of the National Safety Council Annual Safety Congress, page 136:
        When a fellow quits statisticking for a while, they say, "Oh, haven't you one more statistic?”
      • 1966, The Negro American, volume 2, page 299:
        I ran into what to me is the most horrible statistic I have ever run into in some thirty-five years of statisticking.
      • 1953, “Part 1”, in New York Herald Tribune Book Review, volume 30, page 6:
        A lot of books about the Rape of the Land have shouted or wheedled or statisticked at us.
      • 1994, Lila R. Gleitman, Barbara Landau, The Acquisition of the Lexicon, page 14:
        Some substitute for negative evidence, such as counting, and statisticking, is required.
    3. (transitive) To comprise (as statistics)
      • 1962, Frank Graham, Dick Hyman, Baseball Wit and Wisdom: Folklore of a National Pastime, page 82:
        The afternoon game was pitched by Walter Johnson and was the start of the sixteen-game winning streak which statisticked that one in Boston, four in St. Louis, four in Chicago, four in Detroit, three in Cleveland and none for the little boy who lives down the lane.

    Derived terms

    Adjective

    statistic (comparative more statistic, superlative most statistic)

    1. Alternative form of statistical.

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    Ladin

    Adjective

    statistic m pl

    1. plural of statistich

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    French statistiquebor.
    German Statistik
    Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
    Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
    Proto-West Germanic *-isk
    Old High German -isc
    Middle High German -isch
    German -isch
    German statistischbor.
    Romanian statistic

      Borrowed from French statistique and German statistisch. By surface analysis, stat + -istic.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /staˈtis.tik/

      Adjective

      statistic m or n (feminine singular statistică, masculine plural statistici, feminine/neuter plural statistice)

      1. statistical

      Declension

      Declension of statistic
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative       		indefinite statistic statistică statistici statistice
      definite statisticul statistica statisticii statisticele
      genitive-
      dative       		indefinite statistic statistice statistici statistice
      definite statisticului statisticei statisticilor statisticelor
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