symbiosis C2 Topic:Science & Research US /sɪmbaɪˈoʊsɪs/ See IPA manual Freq #42748 Meanings 1 noun The occurrence of two different or opposing things in the same time and place. In this peculiar and deadly symbiosis the presence of warfare stimulates trade and the presence of trade stimulates warfare. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms aposymbiosisasymbiosischemosymbiosisectosymbiosisendosymbiosisepisymbiosisexosymbiosisparasymbiosisphotosymbiosisphylosymbiosispresymbiosissymbiology Related forms semiosissymbiontsymbiote Etymology From Ancient Greek συμβίωσις (sumbíōsis, “living together”). By surface analysis, sym- + -biosis. Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # symbiosis **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /sɪmbaɪˈoʊsɪs/ **Frequency rank:** 42748 ## Meanings 1. The occurrence of two different or opposing things in the same time and place. ## Examples - In this peculiar and deadly symbiosis the presence of warfare stimulates trade and the presence of trade stimulates warfare. ## Derived Forms - aposymbiosis - asymbiosis - chemosymbiosis - ectosymbiosis - endosymbiosis - episymbiosis - exosymbiosis - parasymbiosis - photosymbiosis - phylosymbiosis - presymbiosis - symbiology ## Related Forms - semiosis - symbiont - symbiote ## Etymology From Ancient Greek συμβίωσις (sumbíōsis, “living together”). By surface analysis, sym- + -biosis. ## Topics - Science & Research markdown