ology

[ ol-uh-jee ]

/ ˈɒl ə dʒi /

noun, plural ol·o·gies.Informal or Facetious.

any science or branch of knowledge.

Origin of ology

1795–1805; extracted from words like biology, geology where the element -logy is preceded by -o-;see -o-

Words nearby ology

Olmec, Olmert, Olmsted, Olmütz, ologoan, ology, ololiuqui, Olomouc, Olongapo, Olonos, oloroso

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Example sentences from the Web for ology

But there is something--not an ology at all--that your father has missed, or forgotten.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III|Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
No 'ism or 'ology has ever established any scientific principle which has contributed to the general welfare of the people.
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.)|Grant Hague
But nowhere else in nature will you find such useless “ology,”
The Dead Men's Song|Champion Ingraham Hitchcock
Do not shy from study of the science of mind because it is an "ology" and therefore may seem hard.
Certain Success|Norval A. Hawkins

British Dictionary definitions for ology

ology

/ (ˈɒlədʒɪ) /

noun plural -gies

informal a science or other branch of knowledge

Word Origin for ology

C19: abstracted from words with this ending, such as theology, biology, etc; see -logy

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单词	ology
释义	ology [ ol-uh-jee ] / ˈɒl ə dʒi / noun, plural ol·o·gies.Informal or Facetious. any science or branch of knowledge. Origin of ology 1795–1805; extracted from words like biology, geology where the element -logy is preceded by -o-;see -o- Words nearby ology Olmec, Olmert, Olmsted, Olmütz, ologoan, ology, ololiuqui, Olomouc, Olongapo, Olonos, oloroso Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ology But there is something--not an ology at all--that your father has missed, or forgotten. The World's Greatest Books, Vol III\|Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds. No 'ism or 'ology has ever established any scientific principle which has contributed to the general welfare of the people. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.)\|Grant Hague But nowhere else in nature will you find such useless “ology,” The Dead Men's Song\|Champion Ingraham Hitchcock Do not shy from study of the science of mind because it is an "ology" and therefore may seem hard. Certain Success\|Norval A. Hawkins British Dictionary definitions for ology ology / (ˈɒlədʒɪ) / noun plural -gies informal a science or other branch of knowledge Word Origin for ology C19: abstracted from words with this ending, such as theology, biology, etc; see -logy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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