empirical
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5.9
- adjective
- /ɪmˈpɪrɪkəl/
- Formal
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empírico
- To make a decision, we should rely on empirical data rather than theories or opinions.
- empirical evidence
- empirical research
- empirical and theoretical
Under those two assumptions, the empirical rule will always hold.
- Under those two assumptions, the empirical rule will always hold.
- The scientific method, the empirical approach, scepticism.
- And this is really based on empirical evidence.
- So let me reiterate, these are empirical questions.
- The first leg is modern science and empirical studies.
- There's the empirical truth, sort of fact based truths, right?
- So it's it's more than it's more than a statement of empirical fact.
- So it, it, it's of that type, it's we're, we're moving into the empirical evaluation of algorithms.
- But we're conscious of our empirical consciousness.
Examples
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Results provided empirical evidence that such a relationship existed among this group of minority children.
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And this is really based on empirical evidence.
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So in that case, why does the empirical rule work?
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And I think as an empirical fact about us, I agree.
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OK, so the the empirical evidence is the following.
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So the empirical answer is no, not much.
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We demand policies based upon empirical evidence and consensus.
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I thought doctors relied on empirical evidence, not gossip.
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Researchers based in hospital clinics, public schools, and universities conducted empirical investigations of many questions.
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Our goal was to conduct unbiased, empirical research on exceptional human abilities.
Synonyms
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4.7
Using tests or trials to check new ideas
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5.0
Based on watching people or events rather than on ideas
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6.5
Based on what people do, not on ideas
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4.1
Using information from watching or measuring things rather than guessing
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9.3
Something that comes from observation or experience rather than theory
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9.6
Based on what people see or measure, not on theory
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7.4
Based on tests and careful observation rather than theory
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The simplest whole number ratio of elements in a chemical compound, not the exact number of atoms
How Empirical
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Etymology
The word empirical comes from the Greek word empeiria, which means 'experience'. So, an empirical idea or result is one based on what people see or try, not only on theory.