empirical
Syllables: em·pi·ri·calUK/ɪmˈpɪɹɪkəl/
empirical adjective: pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
Adjective
empirical (comparative more empirical, superlative most empirical)
- Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
- The lengths were calculated according to the empirical rules of the trade.
- For some presumptive diagnoses, empirical antibiotic therapy begins immediately, whereas specific antibiotic therapy must await the results of the culture and sensitivity test.
- Antonyms:
- theoretical
- Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
- Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
- demonstrable with empirical evidence
- Antonyms:
- anecdotal, theoretical
Noun
empirical (plural empiricals)
- A measurement or result achieved by empirical means.
empirical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
empirical in Hindi
- pertaining to or based on experience
- अनुभवजन्य anubhavjanya, तजरबी tajarbī, तजुर्बी tajurbī, आनुभविक ānubhvik
- pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations
- अनुभवजन्य anubhavjanya, प्रायोगिक prāyogik, तजरबी tajarbī, तजुर्बी tajurbī, आनुभविक ānubhvik
- verifiable by means of scientific experimentation
- अनुभवजन्य anubhavjanya, प्रायोगिक prāyogik, आनुभविक ānubhvik
empirical in Tamil
- பட்டறிவான, மெய் நிலையான, பரந்தறிவான, அனுபவத்திற்குரிய, அனுபவ பூர்வமான, அனுபவ
empirical in Urdu
- pertaining to or based on experience
- تجربی tajrabi
empirical in Bengali
- গবেষণামূলক, পরীক্ষামূলক, অভিজ্ঞতাজনিত
More languagesFewer languages
- empirical in Malayalam
- അനുഭവസിദ്ധമായ, അനുഭവമാത്രമായ, പ്രയോഗെെകവിഷയകമായ, സ്വാനുഭവത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ചുള്ള
- empirical in Tagalog
- masirin
- empirical in Arabic
- تَجْرِيبِيّ tajrībiyy
- empirical in Indonesian
- empiris
- empirical in Persian
- تجربی tajrobi, آروینی ârvini
- empirical in Vietnamese
- kinh nghiệm, thực chứng
Examples of empirical in a sentence
- The molecular formula for ethane is C₂H₆, while the empirical formula is CH₃.
- That Newton was an empirical scientist is a fact. An alternative fact is that he was an alchemist.
- Of course, needless to say, Plato's own claims are based completely on armchair psychology, not empirical psychology.
Synonyms of empirical
Antonyms
Forms of empirical
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more empirical |
| superlative | most empirical |
| Noun | |
| plural | empiricals |
Origin of empirical
From empiric + -al.
Words formed from empirical
Phrases with empirical
Questions about empirical
- What does empirical mean?
- Empirical means pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
- What is empirical in Hindi?
- Empirical in Hindi is अनुभवजन्य (anubhavjanya), तजरबी (tajarbī), तजुर्बी (tajurbī). See Empirical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is empirical?
- Empirical can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce empirical?
- Empirical is pronounced /ɪmˈpɪɹɪkəl/ (UK).
Words near empirical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: empirical (page history and authors); empirical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); empirical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); empirical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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