Meaning of science in English

science

noun

/ˈsaɪ.əns/ us

/ˈsaɪ.əns/

(knowledge from) the careful study of the structure and behaviour of the physical world, especially by watching, measuring, and doing experiments, and the development of theories to describe the results of these activities:

pure/applied science

recent developments in science and technology

Space travel is one of the marvels/wonders of modern science.

the science

the facts and opinions that are provided by scientists who have studied a particular subject or situation:

We spoke with a few dietitians to help us understand what the science tells us about celery juice and your health.

The government insisted that it would follow the science with regard to the wearing of face masks.

B1 [ C or U ]

a particular subject that is studied using scientific methods:

physical sciences

Economics is not an exact science.

advances in medical science

A2 [ U ]

the study of science:

a science graduate/teacherteacher

a science course/lesson

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the frontiers of science and technology
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We need to invest more as a country in science and technology.

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(Definition of science from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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science

noun [ C/U ]

/ˈsɑɪ·əns/

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the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the natural and physical world, or knowledge obtained about the world by watching it carefully and experimenting:

[ U ] Advances in medical science mean that people are living longer.

[ U ] She shows a talent for math and science.

Sciences are also particular areas of science, such as biology, chemistry, and physics.

Science also refers to subjects which are studied like a science:

[ U ] political/computer science

(Definition of science from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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science

noun

/saɪəns/ us

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[ U ]

the careful study of the structure and behaviour of the world, especially by doing experiments:

pure/applied science

Space travel is one of the wonders of modern science.

Advances in science and technology are opening the way for new treatments.

a science teacher/degree

[ U ]

a subject that is studied using scientific methods:

medical/forensic science

[ C ]

a subject such as physics, chemistry, or biology:

He studied sciences at California Institute of Technology.

(Definition of science from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of science

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Science shows the unity, art shows the diversity of the riddle which we call the world.

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Having become a mass profession, science was no longer suspected of becoming elitist and separated from the life and concerns of ordinary people.

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For each of these three secular philosophical positions, the project of a history of science revealed a basic paradox.

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But was this exclusion based on philosophical principle or on the contingent state of science?

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Their participation, which is offered gratis, is based purely on their commitment to the development of science in the subregion.

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However, many of the interesting problems of generalization in psychological science do not fit this mold.

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The regulations that stem from the consensus ensure a peer-review scientific process so that the science is as good as any system can guarantee.

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Anxiety about the relativist abyss in which 'all pasts are equal' has thwarted efforts to evaluate alternatives to 'objective science'.

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This affinity to the methods of the natural sciences reduces social science to a technical enterprise which has no necessary value implications.

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Rather than either pictorial or symbolic, it might better serve cognitive science to recast this debate into a problem in both pictorial and symbolic terms.

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It is this challenge that puts on the table new theoretical issues for social science and public policy.

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All of this leads to a paradoxical conclusion about national styles in science.

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But few have directly considered whether such differences involve different ways of doing science: are there epistemic styles for science?

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We can point to many examples of styles in the sciences and elsewhere that are too widespread to appeal only to local explanations.

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Consider how we might begin to work out my earlier suggestions about a critical approach to contemporary science.

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Collocations with science

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actuarial science

Different applications in actuarial science, reliability, and population growth are also provided to illustrate the main results.

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advance of science

Holding the balance of the rational advance of science against the relative world of values and attitudes.

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advanced science

Just as in advanced science we cannot do everything, we cannot do everything obviously in technology.

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科學, 自然科學, 科學知識…

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