word-vault/dist/data/cards/sc/scientific.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "scientific",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "involving science; connected with science",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **scientific discovery/theory/fact**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**scientific research/evidence/knowledge/methods**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sites of scientific interest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a scientific journal/paper/study"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The consensus among **the scientific community** *(= people who work in science)* is that the average world surface temperature is 1.1°F higher than 100 years ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I did my own research in the scientific literature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book lacks any sound scientific basis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her curiosity was purely scientific."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Scientific research", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "truly", "purely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "careful and logical",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He took a very **scientific approach** to management."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to be more scientific about this problem."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "truly", "purely"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/",
                "audio": "sc/scientific/scientific__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/",
                "audio": "sc/scientific/scientific__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from French scientifique or late Latin scientificus ‘producing knowledge’, from scientia, from scire ‘know’. Early use described the liberal arts as opposed to the “mechanic” arts (i.e. arts requiring manual skill)."
}