Grammar is an empirical science, not a theoretical one.
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Empirical
//ɪmˈpɪɹɪkəl//
Synonyms for "empirical" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (39)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
78 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَجْرِيبِيّ adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- تَجْرِيبِيّ adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
Belarusian
2 entries- эмпіры́чны adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- эмпіры́чны adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
Bulgarian
4 entries- емпиричен adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- емпиричен adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- емпиричен adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
- опитен adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Catalan
1 entries- empíric adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 實證 /实证 adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
- 經驗 /经验 adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Czech
1 entries- empirický adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
Danish
1 entries- empirisk adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Dutch
3 entries- empirisch adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- empirisch adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- empirisch adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
Finnish
4 entries- empiirinen adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- empiirinen adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- empiirinen adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
- kokeellinen adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
French
1 entries- empirique adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Galician
1 entries- empírico adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Georgian
2 entries- ემპირიული adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- ემპირიული adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
German
4 entries- empirisch adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- empirisch adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- empirisch adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
- erfahrungsgemäß adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Greek
2 entries- εμπειρικός adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- εμπειρικός adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
Hindi
4 entries- अनुभवजन्य adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- अनुभवजन्य adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- अनुभवजन्य adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
- आनुभविक adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Hungarian
1 entries- tapasztalati adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Indonesian
1 entries- empiris adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Italian
1 entries- empirico adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Korean
1 entries- 실증적인 adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
Malay
1 entries- ايمڤيريکل adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Persian
2 entries- آروینی adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- تجربی adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Polish
2 entries- aposterioryczny adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- empiryczny adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Portuguese
1 entries- empírico adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Romanian
1 entries- empiric adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Russian
3 entries- эмпири́ческий adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- эмпири́ческий adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- эмпири́ческий adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- empìrījskī adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- empìrījskī adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- empìrījskī adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
- iskùstven adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Spanish
3 entries- empírico adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- empírico adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- empírico adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
Swedish
3 entries- empirisk adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- empirisk adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- empirisk adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
Tagalog
3 entries- masirin adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- masirin adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
- masirin adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- емпіри́чний adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- емпіри́чний adj (pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations)
Urdu
1 entries- تجربی adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kinh nghiệm adj (pertaining to or based on experience)
- thực chứng adj (verifiable by means of scientific experimentation)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
As of yet there has been no empirical research done on this subject.
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The empirical data from this experiment seems in line with the theoretical hypotheses.
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"All humans are mortal" is an empirical observation based on millennia of experience.
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