symbiotic
pronunciation
How to pronounce symbiotic in British English:
UK [ˌsɪmbaɪˈɒtɪk]
How to pronounce symbiotic in American English:
US [ˌsɪmbaɪˈɑːtɪk]
-
- Adjective:
- used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relationship beneficial to each
Word Origin
- symbiotic (adj.)
- 1882, in biology, from stem of symbiosis + -ic. Of human activities from 1951. Related: Symbiotical; symbiotically.
Example
- 1. Caracas and havana remain locked in a symbiotic embrace .
- 2. What started as a marriage of convenience has now turned into a symbiotic relationship .
- 3. In fact , the public and private models of ownership have a symbiotic relationship .
- 4. The police and the press , both in the information business , have always had a symbiotic relationship .
- 5. China and the u.s. , he argued , used to have a symbiotic relationship and formed a tightly integrated unit that he calls chimerica .