different between prepose vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• præpose (archaic, rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from French préposer; prefix pré- (Latin prae before) with poser. See pose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i??p??z/

Verb

prepose (third-person singular simple present preposes, present participle preposing, simple past and past participle preposed)

1. (transitive) To place or set before; to prefix.
   • 1648, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest

     Otherwise I would prepose Millington (first provost afterwards of King's in the reign of King Henry the Sixth) before Wilflete master under King Richard the Third

Coordinate terms

• postpose

Related terms

• preposition

Italian

Verb

prepose

1. third-person singular past historic of preporre

Anagrams

• propese, seppero

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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