scientist
part of speech
noun (a scientist, scientists)
meaning for a pupil
A person who studies the natural world by asking questions, making careful observations and doing experiments, and who uses evidence to find out how things work. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons, pupils «work like scientists»: they ask questions, predict, plan a fair test, measure, record results and draw conclusions; famous scientists include Marie Curie, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Scientists change their ideas when new evidence shows they were wrong. Kinds include biologists, chemists, physicists and astronomers. Phrases: «a famous scientist», «work like a scientist», «scientists say».
examples
- A scientist studies the world by doing experiments. tree →
- Marie Curie was a famous scientist who studied radioactivity. tree →
- When she grows up, she wants to be a scientist. tree →
- Scientists use evidence, not guesses. tree →
- Today we will work like scientists and test our predictions. tree →
- Scientists found a new kind of frog in the rainforest. tree →
- A scientist records her results carefully. tree →
- Good scientists repeat their experiments to check them. tree →
note
Countable. Spelling trap: «sCIentist» — the c is silent, as in «science». A scientist is not the same as an inventor (who makes new machines) — though some are both. Myth: scientists are not always men in white coats; anyone can be one.
In the corpora
- Whether that counts as real understanding is something scientists still argue about, but it has never felt sad in a body.
- Scientists still study why we dream; there is no evidence that dream pictures have fixed hidden meanings.
- Yet the same technology was reported to help scientists find new antibiotics.
- Not one person: governments, companies, scientists and ordinary people all have a say, through laws, votes and choices.
- Governments, companies, scientists and ordinary people all have a say in the rules for AI, through laws, votes and choices.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «scientist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.