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- [tak-son-uh-mee]
- /tækˈsɒn ə mi/
- /tækˈsɒn.ə.mi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tak-son-uh-mee]
- /tækˈsɒn ə mi/
Definitions of taxonomy word
- noun plural taxonomy the science or technique of classification. 1
- noun plural taxonomy a classification into ordered categories: a proposed taxonomy of educational objectives. 1
- noun plural taxonomy Biology. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms. 1
- noun taxonomy classification system 1
- noun taxonomy science of classification 1
- variable noun taxonomy Taxonomy is the process of naming and classifying things such as animals and plants into groups within a larger system, according to their similarities and differences. 0
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Origin of taxonomy
First appearance:
before 1805 One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15, taxonomy is from the French word taxonomie. See taxo-, -nomy
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Parts of speech for Taxonomy
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taxonomy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
taxonomy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for taxonomy
noun taxonomy
- botany — Botany is the scientific study of plants.
- cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- classification — A classification is a division or category in a system which divides things into groups or types.
- codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
- collocation — In linguistics, collocation is the way that some words occur regularly whenever another word is used.
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