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science

/ˈsaɪəns/

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What does science mean?

noun

  1. A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
  2. Specifically the natural sciences.
  3. The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
More meanings (8)

noun

  1. The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
  2. Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
  3. The scientific community.
  4. Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”).
  5. (archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
  6. (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of scion.

verb

  1. (humorous) To use science to solve a problem.
  2. (dated) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsaɪəns/

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These he had boiled down into a yellow liquid quite unknown to science, which was probably the most virulent poison in existence.
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
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“I had always supposed that Science was the most engrossing of pursuits--that once a man took it up he never left it.”
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
Plain women he regarded as he did the other severe facts of life, to be faced with philosophy and investigated by science.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
I was glad that it had fallen to my lot to take at least one step--though blindly--into the FUTURE of medical science.
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173