science

UK /ˈsaɪ.əns/ US /ˈsaɪ.əns/
noun 6verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.

Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

Of course in my opinion Social Studies is more of a science than an art.

2

Specifically the natural sciences.

My favorite subjects at school are science, mathematics, and history.

3

Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.

For by his mightie Science he had seene / The secret vertue of that weapon keene […]

If we conceive God's sight or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, […] his science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass.

4

The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding vain and profane babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

5

The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.

Meronyms: physical science, life science, natural science, social science

‘I always ask leave, in the interests of science, to measure the crania of those going out there,’ he said.

verb

1

To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

I mock'd at all religious Fear, Deep-scienced in the mazy Lore Of mad Philosophy

2

To use science to solve a problem.

noun

1

Obsolete spelling of scion.

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