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EKSK-uh-vayt/ˈekskəveɪt/

To excavate is to dig a hole, or to uncover something by digging: excavate the file, excavate a trench. Dig is everyday; a rounded abstract is not a raw count.

Meaning

To dig a hole, or to uncover something by digging.

Examples

• “Excavate the raw n from the file; a rounded abstract is not a count.”
• “Dig is everyday. Unearth is the close twin. Rounding is talk. A cell is a count. Put the raw number in; then round in the codebook if the rule still allows it.”

Good to know

Dig out or uncover by digging. Everyday: dig. A rounded abstract ≠ a raw n.

Near in meaning

dig, unearth, hollow out

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