scientific endeavour

collocation in English

meaningsofscientificandendeavour

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scientific
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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endeavour
noun[C or U]
uk
/enˈdev.ər/us
/enˈdev.ɚ/
an attempt to ...
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(Definition ofscientificandendeavourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscientific endeavour

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They see the contemporary selling of antiageing ' therapies ' as part of that tradition, not as genuinescientificendeavour.
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Overall, the book is extremely well written and well documented and gives a balanced view of a complex area ofscientificendeavour.
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Everyscientificendeavourand exact empirical inquiry has narration about observed phenomena at its core.
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The division of knowledge in thescientificendeavourhas gone hand in hand with an increasing division of linguistic labour.
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This is of course a perfectly respectable and usefulscientificendeavour, but does not necessarily (or even often) lead to working systems for the general public.
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So too, in ourscientificendeavourto understand this complex disorder, it is important to undertake a search for the meaning of the existence of schizophrenia in the human species.
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Indeed, even in the less industrially advanced countries nuclear research has been a useful device for stimulating support for technological andscientificendeavour.
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What is needed now is a creative threading together of our knowledge so that the considerable benefits fromscientificendeavourcan be fully harnessed.
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We learned some of the difficulties of a political control overscientificendeavour.
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This was a fresh examination of the relationship between national prosperity andscientificendeavour.
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It does not seem sensible to start reviewing scientific institutes and organisations for reasons that do not seem wholly related toscientificendeavour.
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It is true that he might gain something in knowledge, but he cannot apply that knowledge in a more constructivescientificendeavour.
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As is to be expected in any field ofscientificendeavour, there is also considerable informal contact between those participating in it.
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As with any suchscientificendeavourat such an early stage, there is no guarantee of success.
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It is a considerable range ofscientificendeavourand potential scientific advantage to this country for the future.
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There is hardly anyscientificendeavourthat is not asking for more money.
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There is the element of self-policing which operates in any area ofscientificendeavour.
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It seemed extraordinary that so little mention was made of plans for improvedscientificendeavourand their importance to the whole of our economy.
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Technology is, therefore, perhaps the end-product of much of ourscientificendeavourand must be applied in our industries.
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