science

science
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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
▪ creation
VERB + 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.


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  • science — [ sjɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1080; lat. scientia, de scire « savoir » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Connaissance exacte et approfondie. ⇒ connaissance, 2. savoir. L arbre de la science du bien et du mal. Science de l avenir. ⇒ prescience. Savoir qqch. de science… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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