ecology

B1 Topic:Environment & Ecology

US /ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ UK /ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ See IPA manual

Freq #28349

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1

noun
The study of the relationships between living things and their environment.

She is studying marine ecology at university.
2

noun
The pattern of relationships between living things and their surroundings in a particular place.

Building the dam changed the ecology of the whole valley.

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1 noun · the study of the... bionomics

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Forms ecologies

Derived forms aeroecologyagroecologyanthecologyarcologyastroecologyautecologybioecologychemoecologychronoecologydendroecologyeco-ecological

Etymology

Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy.

οἶκος Ancient Greek

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# ecology

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
**Frequency rank:** 28349

## Meanings
1. The study of the relationships between living things and their environment.
2. The pattern of relationships between living things and their surroundings in a particular place.

## Examples
- She is studying marine ecology at university.
- Building the dam changed the ecology of the whole valley.

## Derived Forms
- aeroecology
- agroecology
- anthecology
- arcology
- astroecology
- autecology
- bioecology
- chemoecology
- chronoecology
- dendroecology
- eco-
- ecological

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: οἶκος

## Etymology
Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy.

## AI Etymology
Ecology: Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy. In current use, the main senses are “The study of the relationships between living things and their environment” and “The pattern of relationships between living things and their surroundings in a particular place”.

## Topics
- Environment & Ecology

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