statistic

Definition

  • noun: a number that represents a piece of information (such as information about how often something is done, how common something is, etc.)
  • noun: a single term or datum in a collection of 'statistics'
  • often plural
  • synonyms: number, statistical

Examples

  • One 'statistic' that stuck out is that 40 percent of those surveyed did not have college degrees.

  • The 'statistics' show that teenagers are involved in a high percentage of traffic accidents.

  • I may be just another 'statistic' to my employer, but I am a human being and have feelings.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) All right. Fine. Fine. This must have been what all those people felt like before I filed them as statistics in my reports. Goddamn! We've just had a near-life experience! In the world I see, you're stalking elk through the Grand Canyon forests (..)
    1999 Fight Club