scientist

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/ˈsaɪəntɪst/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A person who studies or works in a science.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

Examples

  • The scientist insisted on proceeding with the research.

  • The scientist maintained that the theory should be tested through experiments.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

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In context

  • Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.

  • The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in March 1834 in an anonymous review of Mary Somerville's book On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences in the Quarterly Review as a suggested replacement for, and later seriously introduced by him in 1840 (see the quotation) as a more precise substitute for, the terms natural philosopher and man of science. Modeled after artist, from the Latin stem scientia (“knowledge”) + -ist.