science
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈsaɪəns/
/ˈsaɪəns/
Idioms - [uncountable] knowledge about the structure and behaviour of the natural and physical world, based on facts that you can prove, for example by experiments
- new developments in science and technology
- the advance of modern science
- the laws of science
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researcha1- His essay is not based on good science.
- This rule is based on bad science.
- His experiments have achieved notoriety in the world of science.
- Research is critical to advancing medical science.
- The magazine contains a lot of popular science.
- our ability to understand the science of environmental degradation
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- modern
- bad
- junk
- …
- advance
- understand
- curriculum
- education
- research
- …
- science of
- the advancement of science
- the development of science
- the history of science
- …
- [uncountable] the study of science
- science students/teachers/classes
- She is trying to encourage more young people to study science.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa1- a writer of popular science books
- I was trying to remember what I had learnt about gravity in school science.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- modern
- bad
- junk
- …
- advance
- understand
- curriculum
- education
- research
- …
- science of
- the advancement of science
- the development of science
- the history of science
- …
- [uncountable, countable] a particular branch of science
- medical/environmental science
- the biological sciences
- to study one of the sciences
- science of something He was a pioneer in the science of genetics.
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researcha1, Educationa1- Meteorology is the science of the weather.
- Politics is as much an art form as an exact science.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- modern
- bad
- junk
- …
- advance
- understand
- curriculum
- education
- research
- …
- science of
- the advancement of science
- the development of science
- the history of science
- …
- [singular] a system for organizing the knowledge about a particular subject, especially one that deals with aspects of human behaviour or society
- a science of international politics
see also Christian Science, creation science
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting knowledge): from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire ‘know’.
Idioms
blind somebody with science
- to confuse somebody by using technical or complicated language that they do not understand
Wordfinder
- analysis
- evaluate
- evidence
- experiment
- hypothesis
- laboratory
- research
- result
- science
- study