Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The study of all life or living matter.

    Near-synonyms: life science, life sciences; see also Thesaurus:biology

    Biologie

    биоло́гияbiológija

    біологіяbiolohija

    characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms

  2. (countable, uncountable)The living organisms of a particular region.

    the science that studies living organisms

  3. (countable, uncountable)The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.

    the biology of the whale

  4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A biographical history.

Examples

215 sentences
  1. She has a degree in biology.

    Вона має ступінь з біології. — ChickenKiev

    ruУ неё степень в биологии. — sharptoothed

    deSie hat einen Hochschulabschluss in Biologie. — al_ex_an_der

  2. We had an examination in biology yesterday.

    Вчора ми складали іспит із біології. — ChickenKiev

    ruУ нас вчера был экзамен по биологии. — afyodor

  3. He is working in the field of biology.

    Він працює в галузі біології. — ChickenKiev

    ruОн работает на поприще биологии. — Maksimo

  4. He studies biology very hard.

    Він вивчає біологію дуже старанно. — ChickenKiev

    ruОн с большим усердием изучает биологию. — paul_lingvo

  5. My favorite subject is biology.

    Мій улюблений предмет — біологія. — deniko

    ruМой любимый предмет — биология. — odexed

    deMein Lieblingsfach ist Biologie. — pullnosemans

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
study of living matter:
Русский
By meaning 1
study of living matter:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
study of living matter:

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin biologia (1766), itself from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life

Borrowed from New Latin biologia (1766), itself from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”). By surface analysis, bio- + -logy.

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Forms

plural: biologies
Singularbiology
Pluralbiologies

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the science that studies living organisms:biological science
  • all the plant and animal life of a particular region:biota

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

79 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • major in biology
  • studying biology
  • biology class

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
biology — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto