Collins Unit 3 - Education

archaeology also archeology aar·kee·aa·luh·jee

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN, is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.

astronomy (uh·straa·nuh·mee)

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN, is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.

economics (eh·kuh·naa·muhks)

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN,is the study of the way in which money, industry, and trade are organized in a society.

geology

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN, is the study of the Earth's structure, surface, and origins.

linguistics

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN, is the study of the way in which language works.

psychology

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN, is the scientific study of the human mind and the reasons for people's behaviour.

sociology (sow·see·aa·luh·jee, sow·see·o·luh·jee)

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN, is the study of society or of the way society is organized.

analyse (analyses, analysing, analysed)

VERB If you ....... something, you consider it carefully or use statistical methods in order to fully understand it.

claim (claims, claiming, claimed)

VERB If you say that someone ...... that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.

define (defines, defining, defined)

VERB If you .... a word or expression, you explain its meaning, for example in a dictionary.

evaluate (evaluates, evaluating, evaluated)

VERB If you ..... something or someone, you consider them in order to make a judgment about them, for example about how good or bad they are.

investigate (investigates, investigating, investigated)

VERB If you ...... something, you study or examine it carefully to find out the truth about it.

evidence

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN, is anything that you see, experience, read, or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened.

hypothesis (hypotheses)

NOUN, is an idea which is suggested as a possible explanation for a particular situation or condition, but which has not yet been proved to be correct.

theory (theories)

NOUN, is a formal idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain something.

Treatise

A long, detailed, and systematic piece of writing about a particular subject, especially an academic, scientific, or philosophical topic.

Arabic: أطروحة / بحث مُفصَّل / دراسة مُعمَّقة

conspiracy (kuhn·spee·ruh·see)

A secret plan made by a group of people to do something harmful, illegal, or dishonest.

Arabic: مؤامرة

Conspiracy theory

an explanation claiming that an event resulted from a secret plot, often without reliable evidence.

نظرية المؤامرة

Conspirator (kuhn·spee·ruh·tr)

Conspire

متآمر

يتآمر

workaholic

مدمن عمل

obsessively

بشكلٍ هوسي