technology

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UK /tɛkˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/ US /tɛkˈnɑ.lə.dʒi/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

current, existing, present-day

emerging, the latest, modern, new

My company recently invested in the latest technology to improve our production process.

basic, low | advanced, complex, high, leading-edge, sophisticated, state-of-the-art, up-to-date, white-hot

alternative, innovative

Solar panels are an example of alternative technology that many homes now use to save energy.

efficient | communication/communications, computer, digital, energy, information, management, manufacturing, nuclear, production, software, telecommunications | educational, environmental, medical, military

VERB + TECHNOLOGY

have

Modern hospitals have technology that can detect diseases much earlier than before.

adopt, apply, employ, exploit, introduce, take advantage of, use

Many hospitals are now adopting new technology to improve patient care and safety.

create, develop, improve

be based on

The new smartphone is based on technology from the space industry.

invest in

Many schools decided to invest in technology to improve their online classes.

TECHNOLOGY + VERB

develop

New technology continues to develop in ways that change how we communicate every day.

allow sth, enable sth

Modern technology allows doctors to diagnose diseases much more quickly than before.

PREP

~ for

Modern smartphones use advanced technology for connecting people across the world instantly.

PHRASES

advances in technology

The smartphone industry has benefited greatly from advances in technology over the past decade.

the impact of (a) technology, science and technology

Definitions

noun

The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.

Meronyms: (contextually meronymous) art, applied science, industrial arts

Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.

Machines or equipment thus designed.

We went to the trade show to see the latest technology on display.

Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).

the incipient metalworking technology of the Bronze Age

Although it can read data quickly, it is very slow at storing it. That has led the industry on a frantic hunt for alternative storage technologies that might unseat flash. Mr. Parkin’s new approach, referred to as “racetrack memory,” could outpace both solid-state flash memory chips as well as computer hard disks, making it a technology that could transform not only the storage business but the entire computing industry. […] Since the tiny magnetic domains have to travel only submolecular distances, it is possible to read and write magnetic regions with different polarization as quickly as a single nanosecond — far faster than existing storage technologies.

Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.

Comb jellies lack the most impressive 'technology' of jellyfish - the nematocyst stinging apparatus which is one of the most deadly weapons and fastest cellular processes in nature.

The study of or a collection of techniques.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying s

engineering

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Meronyms: (contextually meronymous) art, applied science, industrial arts

Wiktionary

Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.

Wiktionary

Nearly everyone believes, falsely, that technology is applied science […] Technology is more closely related to art than to science—not only materially, because art must somehow involve the selection

Wiktionary

It will take five to ten years for the technology to be ready.

Tatoeba · #1733

The formation and movement of hurricanes are capricious, even with our present-day technology.

Tatoeba · #1905

What is the advantage of this technology?

Tatoeba · #2200

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, technology is marked as figuratively, literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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