empirical
[ em-pir-i-kuhl ]
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Part of Speechadjective
Origin + Etymology
from Ancient Green word ἐμπειρία, empeiria, which is cognate with and translates to the Latin experientia, from which the words experience and experiment are derived
Synonyms
- firsthand
- experimenal
- factual
- observational
- experiment
- experiential
- observed
- pragmatic
- provisional
- speculative
- conjectural
- impractical
- theoretical
- hypothetical. theoretic
derived from or guided by experience or experiment
Unfortunately, Susan didn't have any empirical evidence to suggest so she failed the assignment.
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