biology

«biology» in Mova's school dictionary: the study of living things, like plants, animals and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (biology)

meaning for a pupil

1) Biology is the study of living things, like plants, animals and people, and how they live and grow. tree →

2) The biology of a living thing is how its body works. tree →

sense in the lessons

a school subject in the story; class sizes, books or test scores; part of science with chemistry and physics; phrases «biology class», «biology teacher», «marine biology» (sea life)

examples

• 24 students take biology. tree →
• She scored 88 on her biology test. tree →
• The biology book has 300 pages. tree →
• The biology class has 5 more students than chemistry. tree →
• In biology we learned about cells. tree →
• She wants to study marine biology. tree →
• Biology tells us how plants make food. tree →
• The biology lab has microscopes. tree →
• He likes biology more than physics. tree →
• We looked at frog eggs in biology. tree →

note

A word of the story only; it names the group or subject. «Bio» means life and «-logy» means study of. A person who studies it is a biologist.

In the corpora

• Real hedgehogs walk slowly and can trot, but cannot race; Sonic was named for speed, not for biology.
• So the zodiac is a good way to learn real biology: enjoy the legend, then ask what the real animal is like.
• Counting is a superpower in biology.
• Real biology: camels really do eat thorny desert plants; their tough lips and mouths are not hurt by the thorns.
• In teenagers the body clock shifts later, so they feel sleepy late and hate mornings: partly biology, not just laziness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «biology» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.