symbiosis
/sɪmbaɪˈoʊsɪs/
symbiosis noun: a relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.
Noun
symbiosis (countable and uncountable, plural symbioses)
- A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.
- The close and long-term relationship or interaction between two or more different species.
- The close and long-term relationship or interaction between two or more different species in which all organisms benefit; mutualism.
- Bees and flowers display symbiosis. The bees get nectar and the flowers get pollinated.
- The close and long-term relationship or interaction between two or more different species in which all organisms benefit; mutualism.
- The state of people of different types, races, cultures, communities, etc., living together.
- The occurrence of two different or opposing things in the same time and place.
- In this peculiar and deadly symbiosis the presence of warfare stimulates trade and the presence of trade stimulates warfare.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 135
symbiosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
symbiosis in Hindi
- relationship of mutual benefit
- सहजीवन sahjīvan
symbiosis in Tamil
- relationship of mutual benefit
- ஒன்றிய வாழ்வு oṉṟiya vāḻvu
symbiosis in Bengali
- মিথোজীবিতা
symbiosis in Malayalam
- relationship of mutual benefit
- സഹജീവനം sahajīvanaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- symbiosis in Kannada
- ಸಹಜೀವನ sahajīvana
- symbiosis in Tagalog
- salighayan
- symbiosis in Arabic
- تَكَافُل takāful
- symbiosis in Malay
- simbiosis
- symbiosis in Indonesian
- simbiosis
- symbiosis in Persian
- همزیستی hamzisti
- symbiosis in Vietnamese
- cộng sinh
- symbiosis in Myanmar
- ဆင်ဗိုင်အိုစစ် hcangbuing-uicac
Examples of symbiosis in a sentence
- Many of the civilisational achievements of Mesopotamia are the product of that symbiosis.
- This new symbiosis was also observable in more serious Cornish literature, for example in Alan M.
- And to ensure that this symbiosis would be real, the Yoort, too, were modified.
Forms of symbiosis
| plural | symbioses |
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Origin of symbiosis
From Ancient Greek συμβίωσις (sumbíōsis, “living together”). By surface analysis, sym- + -biosis.
Words formed from symbiosis
Words that rhyme with symbiosis
- apotheosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
- osmosis
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about symbiosis
- What does symbiosis mean?
- Symbiosis means a relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.
- What is symbiosis in Hindi?
- Symbiosis in Hindi is सहजीवन (sahjīvan). See Symbiosis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is symbiosis?
- Symbiosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce symbiosis?
- Symbiosis is pronounced /sɪmbaɪˈoʊsɪs/ (US).
- What is the plural of symbiosis?
- The plural of symbiosis is symbioses.
Words near symbiosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: symbiosis (page history and authors); symbiosis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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