different between bedrive vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Middle English bidriven, from Old English bedr?fan (“to drive; beat; strike; assail; follow up; pursue; surround; cover”), equivalent to be- +? drive. Cognate with Dutch bedrijven (“to commit, perpetrate”), German betreiben (“to operate, conduct, pursue”), Swedish bedriva (“to manage, carry on, prosecute”).

Verb

bedrive (third-person singular simple present bedrives, present participle bedriving, simple past bedrove, past participle bedriven)

1. (transitive) To drive or toss about; drive out, off, back, or away; defeat.
2. (transitive) To effect; do; commit; perpetrate; experience.

Related terms

• bedrift

Danish

Etymology

From be- (“on”) +? drive (“to drive”), calque of Middle Low German bedr?ven and German betreiben. Compare also Swedish bedriva, {[cog|en|bedrive}}, Dutch bedrijven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bedri?v?/, [b?e?d??i???], [b?e?d??iw??]

Verb

bedrive (past tense bedrev, past participle bedrevet, attributive common bedreven, attributive definite and plural bedrevne)

1. (transitive) to do, engage in (e.g. research, politics)
2. (transitive) to commit (an immoral act)

Inflection

Derived terms

• bedrift

References

• “bedrive” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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