B2 verb Neutral

bucket

/ˈbʌkɪt/

In an academic or professional context, to bucket means to group, categorize, or classify data or items into specific sets for easier analysis. It involves organizing diverse information into manageable, distinct units based on shared characteristics.

Ejemplos

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1

I usually bucket my monthly expenses into fixed and variable costs to manage my budget.

I usually bucket my monthly expenses into fixed and variable costs to manage my budget.

2

The committee chose to bucket the proposals according to their primary funding requirements.

The committee chose to bucket the proposals according to their primary funding requirements.

3

Can you just bucket these files by date so I can find the newest ones quickly?

Can you just bucket these files by date so I can find the newest ones quickly?

Familia de palabras

Sustantivo
bucket
Verb
bucket
Adjetivo
bucketed
Relacionado
bucketing
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Truco para recordar

Visualize physical buckets labeled with different names, and you are throwing relevant pieces of paper into each one to organize them.

Quiz rápido

The software is designed to automatically _______ customers based on their purchasing history.

¡Correcto!

La respuesta correcta es: bucket

Ejemplos

1

I usually bucket my monthly expenses into fixed and variable costs to manage my budget.

everyday

I usually bucket my monthly expenses into fixed and variable costs to manage my budget.

2

The committee chose to bucket the proposals according to their primary funding requirements.

formal

The committee chose to bucket the proposals according to their primary funding requirements.

3

Can you just bucket these files by date so I can find the newest ones quickly?

informal

Can you just bucket these files by date so I can find the newest ones quickly?

4

In this longitudinal study, researchers bucketed participants into three cohorts based on their year of graduation.

academic

In this longitudinal study, researchers bucketed participants into three cohorts based on their year of graduation.

5

We need to bucket our lead list by industry to tailor our marketing outreach effectively.

business

We need to bucket our lead list by industry to tailor our marketing outreach effectively.

Familia de palabras

Sustantivo
bucket
Verb
bucket
Adjetivo
bucketed
Relacionado
bucketing

Colocaciones comunes

bucket data bucket data
bucket into categories bucket into categories
bucket by age bucket by age
bucket results bucket results
automatically bucket automatically bucket

Frases Comunes

bucket down

to rain very heavily (UK/Informal)

bucket along

to move very quickly (UK/Informal)

bucket out

to remove liquid using a bucket

Se confunde a menudo con

bucket vs bin

While similar in data science, 'binning' usually refers to numerical ranges, whereas 'bucketing' can apply to any categorical grouping.

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Notas de uso

In academic and business English, it is most frequently used as a synonym for 'categorize' when dealing with large amounts of information. In British English, it is also a common informal way to describe heavy rain ('it's bucketing down').

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Errores comunes

Learners often only use this word as a noun (the container). When using it as a verb for categorization, they may forget to use the preposition 'into' (e.g., 'bucket data into groups').

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Truco para recordar

Visualize physical buckets labeled with different names, and you are throwing relevant pieces of paper into each one to organize them.

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Origen de la palabra

Derived from the noun 'bucket' (Middle English 'buket'), representing the action of placing items into separate containers for sorting.

Patrones gramaticales

transitive verb regular verb (bucketed, bucketing) often used with 'into' or 'by'

Quiz rápido

The software is designed to automatically _______ customers based on their purchasing history.

¡Correcto!

La respuesta correcta es: bucket

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