- science
- nounADJECTIVE▪ modern▪ bad, junk (informal)▪
This rule is based on bad science.
▪ good, hard, real, sound▪His essay is not based on good science.
▪ exact, inexact▪Politics is as much an art form as an exact science.
▪ popular▪a writer of popular science books
▪ advanced, basic▪ applied, empirical, experimental▪ pure, theoretical▪ biological, chemical, evolutionary, human, life, materials, mathematical, natural, physical▪The life sciences include biology and botany.
▪ agricultural, earth, environmental, food, marine, soil▪ biomedical, forensic, medical, veterinary▪ behavioural/behavioral, cognitive, political, social▪ computer, information▪ space▪ management, sports▪ creationVERB + SCIENCE▪ advance▪Research is critical to advancing medical science.
▪ understand▪our ability to understand the science of environmental degradation
SCIENCE + NOUN▪ curriculum▪ education, research, teaching▪ experiment, project▪ lab (informal), laboratory▪ major (AmE)▪ researcher▪ adviser▪President Bill Clinton's science adviser
▪ correspondent, editor, journalist, reporter (esp. AmE), writer▪ book, journal, textbook▪ policy (esp. AmE)▪The society provides advice on science policy.
▪ community (esp. AmE) (usually scientific community in BrE and AmE)▪ museum, park▪ fair (esp. AmE)PREPOSITION▪ science of▪Meteorology is the science of the weather.
PHRASES▪ the advancement of science, the development of science▪ the history of science▪ the laws of science▪ science and technology▪ the world of science▪His experiments have achieved notoriety in the world of science.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.