science

Meaning

Noun

1. A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
2. Specifically the natural sciences.
3. Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
4. The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
5. The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
6. Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
7. The scientific community.
8. Synonym of sweet science (“the sport of boxing”)

Verb

1. To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
2. (colloquial) To use science to solve a problem.

Concepts

science

knowledge

learning

skill

natural science

scholarship

branch of knowledge

wisdom

art

lore

scientific discipline

ability

education

studies

scholarshop

philosophy

subject

technology

enlightenment

transcendent

body of knowledge

discipline

technique

study

Christian Science

letters

treatise

literature

comprehension

ponder

reason

reasoning

reflection

experience

practical knowledge

profession

scientific knowledge

cognisance

cognizance

consciousness

data point

datum

fact

gen

information

knowing

knowingness

biology

research

academic

brain

craftspersonship

learning season

luggage, baggage

faculty

proficiency

erudition

ology

sciences

natural sciences

department

section

Hyphenated as

sci‧ence

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.əns/

Etymology

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”).