English Explanatory Dictionary

forensic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
  2. Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.
  3. Precise, thorough, or highly meticulous, by analogy with a scientific legal investigation.
  4. Relating to forms of disability associated with criminal risk.
  5. Relating to, or used in, debate or argument.

Pronunciation

/fəˈɹɛn.zɪk/ /fəˈɹɛn.sɪk/ en-us-forensic.ogg en-us-forensic-2.ogg en-au-forensic.ogg

Word forms

forensic forensick

Etymology

From Latin forēnsis (“of the forum, public”) + -ic, from forum (“forum, marketplace”).

Synonyms

Related appropriate for a court of law rhetorical

Related words

forensal forensical forensive

Derived words

antiforensic bioforensic cyberforensic forensic accountancy forensic accountant forensic accounting forensically forensicate forensic biology forensic engineering forensicist forensic linguistics forensic medicine forensics forensic science paleoforensic phytoforensic unforensic
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