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/ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ · noun
(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other..
As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis: The Ecology of the Black Creek Area. He had to investigate the relationships, past and present, of men and plants and animals in this region.
As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
social ecology
linguistic ecology
Use ecology when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ecology means (biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other..
Common synonyms include environmental science, bionomics.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis: The Ecology of the Black Creek Area. He had to investigate the relationships, past and present, of men and plants and animals in this region.
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