life scientist
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- noun
- /laɪf ˈsaɪəntɪst/
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biólogo
- The relatively good news from the survey is that life scientists are being compensated fairly well in the current academic and nonacademic market, although not as well as others with similar educational backgrounds.
Examples
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Life scientists have a role to play in this by extending their existing theoretical analyses.
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The findings of the life scientists revealed important insights into the behavior of marine organisms.
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A research agenda for life scientists.
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We find a fairly mixed picture for life scientists at the beginning of the 21st century.
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In 1999, there were about 1.3 million employed individuals who could be classified as life scientists.
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The importance of well-written research publications cannot be overstated for life scientists.
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In industry, pharmaceutical firms will continue to focus on drug development rather than drug discovery, and thus life scientists will find opportunities best in certain subfields.
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Life scientists could make fundamental contributions to this agenda through targeted research on the emergence of social norms.
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In response to declining job security and lower salaries, many life scientists have turned to alternative careers, such as law, science writing, science policy, and secondary-school teaching.
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We urge life scientists and social scientists to join together to address how the coupling of human activities and species biology has consequences for our planet's endangered biota in the context of societal values.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who studies science and does experiments to find new facts
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3.5
A scientist who studies living things and where and how they live
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A person who studies plants, animals, and where they live
How Senior
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a scientist who studies living organisms and life processes' is directly and transparently composed from 'life' (living processes) + 'scientist' (a researcher). This noun+noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Life scientist comes from the simple idea of a person who studies life and is a scientist, like someone using a microscope to look at cells or watching plants and animals in nature. So, it means 'a scientist who studies living organisms and life processes'.