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science
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciens, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa??ns/
- Hyphenation: sci?ence
- Rhymes: -a??ns
Noun
science (countable and uncountable, plural sciences)
- (countable) A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability. [from 14th c.]
- Specifically the natural sciences.
- (uncountable, archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area. [from 14th c.]
- 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...
- 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.
- 1819, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Hamlet
- Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental philosophy
- 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...
- (now only theology) The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth. [from 14th c.]
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, I Timothy 6:20-21
- 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.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, I Timothy 6:20-21
- (uncountable) The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline. [from 18th c.]
- 1951 January 1, Albert Einstein, letter to Maurice Solovine, as published in Letters to Solovine (1993)
- I have found no better expression than "religious" for confidence in the rational nature of reality […] Whenever this feeling is absent, science degenerates into uninspired empiricism.
- 1951 January 1, Albert Einstein, letter to Maurice Solovine, as published in Letters to Solovine (1993)
- (uncountable) Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
- (uncountable, collective) The scientific community.
- (euphemistic, with definite article) Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”)
- 1816, The art and practice of English boxing (page v)
- From a conviction, that the science is universally understood, the strong are taught humility, and the weak confidence. Many have laughed at the idea, that Boxing is of national service, but they have laughed at the expence[sic] of truth.
- 1816, The art and practice of English boxing (page v)
Usage notes
Since the middle of the 20th century, the term science was normally used to indicate the natural sciences (e.g., chemistry), the social sciences (e.g., sociology), and the formal sciences (e.g., mathematics). In the 18th and 19th centuries, the term was broader and encompassed scholarly study of the humanities (e.g., grammar) and the arts (e.g., music).
Coordinate terms
- art
Synonyms
- sci
- sci.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- science on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
science (third-person singular simple present sciences, present participle sciencing, simple past and past participle scienced)
- (transitive, dated) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
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- (transitive, colloquial, humorous) To use science to solve a problem.
Etymology 2
See scion.
Noun
science
- Obsolete spelling of scion
Further reading
- science on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- science on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- "science" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 276.
French
Etymology
From Middle French science, from Old French science, escience, borrowed from Latin scientia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sj??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
- Homophone: sciences
Noun
science f (plural sciences)
- science (field of study, etc.)
Derived terms
Related terms
- scientificité
- scientifique
- scientiste
References
Further reading
- “science” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Alternative forms
- scyence, syens, sciens, sciense, sience
Etymology
From Old French science, from Latin scientia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si???ns(?)/, /si??ns(?)/
Noun
science (plural sciences)
- facts, knowledge; that which is known:
- A science; the body of knowledge composing a specific discipline.
- learnt knowledge, especially from written sources.
- applied or situational knowledge.
- truth, reality, verified information.
- One's faculty of finding information; knowing or insight
- One's faculty of making sound decisions; sagaciousness.
- One's aptitude or learning; one's knowledge (in a field).
- A non-learned discipline, pursuit, or field.
- (rare) verifiability; trust in knowledge.
Descendants
- English: science
- Scots: science
References
- “sc??ence, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-24.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French science.
Noun
science f (plural sciences)
- science (field of study, etc.)
- knowledge
Descendants
- French: science
Old French
Alternative forms
- escience
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scientia.
Noun
science f (nominative singular science)
- knowledge; wisdom
Descendants
- ? Middle English: science
- English: science
- ? Japanese: ?????
- ? Malay: sains
- ? Indonesian: sains
- ? Swahili: sayansi
- English: science
- Middle French: science
- French: science
- ? Khmer: ????? (sy?ng)
- French: science
- Norman: scienche
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letters
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l?t?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l?t?z/
Noun
letters
- plural of letter
Noun
letters
- Literature (school subject).
- Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago.
- The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).
- Though architecture in ancient Rome was not generally considered to belong to the artes liberales, Vitruvius easily qualified as a man of letters because of his wide learning.
Derived terms
- man of letters
Verb
letters
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of letter
Anagrams
- Stelter, Stetler, lettres, settler, sterlet, tetrels, trestle
Afrikaans
Noun
letters
- plural of letter
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
letters
- Plural form of letter
Middle English
Noun
letters
- Alternative form of lettres
Swedish
Noun
letters
- indefinite genitive plural of lett
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