science

A1 Topic:Science & Research

US /ˈsaɪ.əns/ UK /ˈsaɪ.əns/ See IPA manual

Freq #1531

Meanings

1

noun
The study of the physical world through observation and experiment, covering subjects like physics, chemistry, and biology.

My favorite subjects at school are science, mathematics, and history.
2

noun
A particular branch of organised knowledge.

She specialises in the science of genetics.
3

noun
Knowledge gained through careful study using the scientific method.

A great deal of good science has come from the Hubble telescope.

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2 noun · a particular branch of... scientific discipline

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Forms sciences

Derived forms agroscienceanti-scienceantisciencebrosciencecryosciencee-scienceexosciencefantasciencehydroscienceinscienceintersciencemcscience

Related forms education engineering experiment falsification hypothesis knowledge measurement objectivity observation scientist technology theory

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not rocket science
not difficult to understand or do

Simplified etymology

Science comes from Latin scire “to know.” In Middle English it meant knowledge in general or any branch of knowledge, including the arts. Its restricted modern sense, concentrating on the physical and natural world, dates from the 17th century.

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”).

science Middle English scientia Latin

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# science

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsaɪ.əns/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsaɪ.əns/
**Frequency rank:** 1531

## Meanings
1. The study of the physical world through observation and experiment, covering subjects like physics, chemistry, and biology.
2. A particular branch of organised knowledge.
3. Knowledge gained through careful study using the scientific method.

## Examples
- My favorite subjects at school are science, mathematics, and history.
- She specialises in the science of genetics.
- A great deal of good science has come from the Hubble telescope.

## Synonyms
- sci

## Derived Forms
- agroscience
- anti-science
- antiscience
- broscience
- cryoscience
- e-science
- exoscience
- fantascience
- hydroscience
- inscience
- interscience
- mcscience

## Related Forms
- education
- engineering
- experiment
- falsification
- hypothesis
- knowledge
- measurement
- objectivity
- observation
- scientist
- technology
- theory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: science
- Root: scientia

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Science is 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”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English science, Old French science, Latin scientia. In current use it includes senses such as The study of the physical world through observation and experiment, covering subjects like physics, chemistry, and biology and A particular branch of organised knowledge.

## Topics
- Science & Research

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