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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
scientist
/ˈsaɪ.ən.tɪst/
meaning
a person who is trained to gain knowledge by making predictions, testing them, and developing theories
- “He is proud that his father was a famous scientist.”Tatoeba
- “A true scientist would not approach the question this way.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)