scientific
adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/
[usually before noun]- involving science; connected with science
- a scientific discovery/theory/fact
- scientific research/evidence/knowledge/methods
- sites of scientific interest
- a scientific journal/paper/study
- The consensus among the scientific community (= people who work in science) is that the average world surface temperature is 1.1°F higher than 100 years ago.
Collocations Scientific researchScientific researchTheoryTopics Scientific researchb1, Jobsb1- formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
- build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
- develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
- advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
- explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
- make a prediction/an inference
- base a prediction/your calculations on something
- investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
- design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
- do research/an experiment/an analysis
- make observations/measurements/calculations
- carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
- run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
- repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
- replicate a study/the results/the findings
- observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour
- fund/support the research/project/study
- seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
- collect/gather/extract data/information
- yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
- analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
- consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
- fit the data/model
- confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
- prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
- draw/make/reach the same conclusions
- read/review the records/literature
- describe/report an experiment/a study
- present/publish/summarize the results/findings
- present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal
Extra Examples- I did my own research in the scientific literature.
- The book lacks any sound scientific basis.
- Her curiosity was purely scientific.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- sound
- …
- highly
- truly
- purely
- …
- (of a way of doing something or thinking) careful and logical
- He took a very scientific approach to management.
- We need to be more scientific about this problem.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- sound
- …
- highly
- truly
- purely
- …
compare non-scientific
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French scientifique or late Latin scientificus ‘producing knowledge’, from scientia, from scire ‘know’. Early use described the liberal arts as opposed to the “mechanic” arts (i.e. arts requiring manual skill).