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science up

science up verb: to develop or create in a scientific way.

Verb

science up (third-person singular simple present sciences up, present participle sciencing up, simple past and past participle scienced up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To develop or create in a scientific way
    • That is the calibre of person who, in the age of express delivery, is working on sciencing-up the plain cardboard box.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian

Forms of science up

third-person singular presentsciences up
present participlesciencing up
past participlescienced up
pastscienced up

Questions about science up

What does science up mean?
Science up means to develop or create in a scientific way.
What part of speech is science up?
Science up is a verb.
What is the past tense of science up?
The past tense of science up is scienced up.

Words near science up in the dictionary

  1. science project
  2. science room
  3. science rooms
  4. science shop
  5. science shops
  6. science up
  7. science-fact
  8. science-facts
  9. science-fiction
  10. science-fictional
  11. science-fictioneer

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