HOW TO PRONOUNCE
biology
/baɪˈɑlədʒi/
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Let the second syllable stand out.
The opening vowel glides like eye. Keep the main beat on the vowel after it, and finish with the j sound in job followed by ee.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“She is taking a biology course.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does biology mean?
noun
- The study of all life or living matter.
- The living organisms of a particular region.
- The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (archaic) A biographical history.
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IPA pronunciation
/baɪˈɑlədʒi/
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This small flight into biology is made merely for the dim light it may cast on the Kipling half-truth.
No room was left for the extension of the biology of flowers on the lines marked out by Kolreuter and Sprengel.
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Upon this side, the doctrine of educative accord with nature has been reinforced by the development of modern biology, physiology, and psychology.
The latter was a service of well-nigh incalculable value to the young science of biology--and, as it appeared, to modern civilization as well.
In tracing its subsequent progress I must confine myself to the province of biology, and, indeed, to the influence of palaeontology upon zoological morphology.