phenomenon
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7.2
- noun
- /fəˈnɛmənən/
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fenómeno
- Researchers are studying the phenomenon of migration in different animal species.
- a natural phenomenon
- explain the phenomenon
- observe the phenomenon
Let me know what your thoughts are on this phenomenon of wrinkles.
- Let me know what your thoughts are on this phenomenon of wrinkles.
- Well, it's a phenomenon that I see in everything.
- And this is the phenomenon of the California media.
- We're thinking in terms of, say, animals, plants, physical phenomena, he says.
- And this is this new phenomenon called the brain body crosstalk.
- But as more people understand this phenomena, they will leave.
- OK, so we had the same phenomenon in very extreme form.
- Then we get to good and evil moral phenomena, square and oblong.
- I think that that that phenomenon does not have to exist.
Examples
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The phenomenon of the Northern Lights attracts thousands of tourists every year.
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We have a report from scientists studying the phenomenon in Atlanta, who says they are trying to identify the causes, starting from the assumption that this is a viral infection.
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Dark energy is really the phenomenon that space has a mass.
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Well, it's a phenomenon that I see in everything.
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We focus our research on this phenomenon.
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Additionally, the time has come to consider the phenomenon of the female veteran in college.
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Like, you know, global warming is a phenomenon to which to cope with.
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In fact, researchers are scrambling to understand the phenomenon almost as quickly as the technology advances.
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To what extent are Kuwaiti students aware of the phenomenon of globalization and its implications?
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Earlier research has compared the early puberty phenomenon among AA girls with that of Caucasian Americans.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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3.6
Something that happens, often an event or incident
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A point in space and time where something happens
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3.7
An event in nature not caused by people
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4.4
A natural event that involves matter and energy and can be seen or measured
An event that makes sound or changes how sound moves in air and objects, like an echo
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
A natural event that involves matter and energy and can be seen or measured
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5.3
An event where sudden energy in the air makes light, sound, or sparks, like lightning
- Specialized
A change where substances become new substances when they react together
An event that makes sound or changes how sound moves in air and objects, like an echo
- Specialized
A change in small electrical signals in the skin when a person feels stress or anxiety
- Specialized
An event that shows how objects move or stay still, like friction
- Specialized
A thing you see when light moves in a special way, like a rainbow or mirage
- Archaic
A change in the skin's electric signals when a person feels stress or anxiety
A bright or blurry effect on a car's front window that makes it hard to see
How Remarkable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Phenomenon comes from the Greek phainesthai which means 'to appear', so a phenomenon is something that 'appears' to our senses — an event or fact we can see or experience.