science
//ˈsaɪ.əns//
Forms
- Plural
- sciences
- present (v1)
- science
- past (v2)
- scienced
- past participle (v3)
- scienced
- present participle
- sciencing
- 3rd person singular
- sciences
Definitions
1.A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
- Of course in my opinion Social Studies is more of a science than an art.
2.The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
3.The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
- ‘I always ask leave, in the interests of science, to measure the crania of those going out there,’ he said.
- "That this use should be destructive is no doubt very deplorable, but Science knows no distinctions of the sort, but follows knowledge wherever it may lead."
- I have found no better expression than "religious" for confidence in the rational nature of reality […] Whenever this feeling is absent, science degenerates into uninspired empiricism.
4.Specifically the natural sciences.
- My favorite subjects at school are science, mathematics, and history.
1.To use science to solve a problem.(colloquial)
Frequency
Overall
Common· #565
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience
From Latin scientia (“knowledge”)
From sciēns, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).