English Explanatory Dictionary

science

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
  2. Specifically the natural sciences.
  3. Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
  4. The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
  5. The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
  6. Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
  7. The scientific community.
  8. Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”).
verb
  1. To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
  2. To use science to solve a problem.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

Pronunciation

/ˈsaɪ.əns/ sīʹ-əns en-us-science.ogg en-ca-science.ogg

Word forms

science sciences sciencing scienced

Etymology

From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciēns, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).

Synonyms

sci sci. science sweet science

Related words

engineering technology scientist scientific method observation experiment measurement hypothesis theory verification falsification truth knowledge objectivity education :Category:en:Sciences

Derived words

actuarial science agroscience animal science antiscience anti-science Bachelor of Science basic science behavioural science big science blind with science bread science broscience cargo cult science climate science collateral science computer science crank science creation science crime science criminal science cryoscience decision science dismal science domestic science domestic sciences double science down to a science drop science earth science economic science e-science exoscience family and consumer science fantascience fish science fish sciences food science gay science geographic information science hard science fiction have down to a science health science Hollywood science hydroscience inscience interruption science interscience junk science Letters and Science liberal science library and information science literary science little science mad science Master of Science material science materials science McScience megascience metascience

Translations

Afrikaans: wetenskap Arabic: عِلْم Armenian: գիտություն Asturian: ciencia Bashkir: фән Basque: zientzia Belarusian: наву́ка Belarusian: дысцыплі́на Catalan: ciència Chinese Mandarin: 科學 /科学 Czech: věda Danish: videnskab Dutch: wetenschap Estonian: -teadus teadusala Finnish: -tiede Finnish: tieteenala French: science Saterland Frisian: Wietenskup West-Frisian: wittenskip German: Wissenschaft Greek: επιστήμη Ancient Greek: ἐπιστήμη Hebrew: מַדָּע Hindi: शास्त्र Hindi: साइंस Hungarian: tudomány Hunsrik: Wisseschaft Icelandic: fræði Ingrian: tiito Ingrian: oppi Interlingua: scientia Irish: eolaíocht Italian: scienza Japanese: 科学 Khmer: វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ Korean: 과학 Latin: disciplina Latvian: zinātne Malay: bidang sains Malayalam: ശാസ്ത്രം Maltese: xjenza Marathi: शास्त्र Norman: scienche Norwegian Bokmål: vitenskap
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