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ology
Use
Ology
in a sentence
ol·o·gy
/
ˈɒl
ə
dʒi
/
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[
ol
-
uh
-jee
]
Show IPA
noun,
plural
ol·o·gies.
Informal
or
Facetious.
any science or branch of knowledge.
Origin:
1795–1805;
extracted from words like
biology
,
geology
where the element
-logy
is preceded by
-o-;
see
-o-
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ology
(ˈɒlədʒɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-gies
informal
a science or other branch of knowledge
[C19: abstracted from words with this ending, such as
theology, biology,
etc; see
-logy
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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