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Science ˈsaɪəns Based Noun Bre Developments Technology Advance

Word science
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Phonetic BrE / ˈsaɪəns / NAmE / ˈsaɪəns /
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  • new developments in science and technology
  • the advance of modern science
  • the laws of science
  • science students/teachers/courses
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science

(noun)BrE / ˈsaɪəns / NAmE / ˈsaɪəns /
  1. knowledge about the structure and behaviour of the natural and physical world, based on facts that you can prove, for example by experiments
    • new developments in science and technology
    • the advance of modern science
    • the laws of science
  2. the study of science
    • science students/teachers/courses
  3. a particular branch of science
    • compare art
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    • to study one of the sciences
  4. a system for organizing the knowledge about a particular subject, especially one concerned with aspects of human behaviour or society
    • a science of international politics
  5. to confuse somebody by using technical or complicated language that they do not understand
  6. Extra Examples

    • His essay is not based on good science.
    • His experiments have achieved notoriety in the world of science.
    • I was trying to remember what I had learnt about gravity in school science.
    • Meteorology is the science of the weather.
    • Politics is as much an art form as an exact science.
    • President Bill Clinton’s science adviser
    • Research is critical to advancing medical science.
    • The life sciences include biology and botany.
    • The magazine contains a lot of popular science.
    • The society provides advice on science policy.
    • This rule is based on bad science.
    • a writer of popular science books
    • our ability to understand the science of environmental degradation

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (denoting knowledge): from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire ‘know’.
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