Used in a Sentence

symbiotic

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for symbiotic.

Editorial note

They're not; usually the relationship is much more symbiotic, with different parties bringing different skills to the table.

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Parts of speech2

Quick take

(astronomy) A symbiotic star.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of symbiotic gathered in one view.

noun

(astronomy) A symbiotic star.

adjective

(by extension, informal) Of a relationship with mutual benefit between two individuals, organisms, or groups.

adjective

(ecology) Of, or relating to symbiosis; living together.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for symbiotic.

noun

(astronomy) A symbiotic star.

adjective

(by extension, informal) Of a relationship with mutual benefit between two individuals, organisms, or groups.

adjective

(ecology) Of, or relating to symbiosis; living together.

Example sentences

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They're not; usually the relationship is much more symbiotic, with different parties bringing different skills to the table.

2

The relationship has to be symbiotic, and this requires a high degree of overlap in the skill set.

3

Even crops like legumes which have the symbiotic bacteria are supplied with artificial nitrogen when grown under modern agricultural conditions.

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The relationship is symbiotic, not parasitic.

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People tend to grasp the evolutionary parallel better with parasitic software than with symbiotic one.

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By creating a symbiotic economic relationship our companies get the stability they need in the jobs for it to be productive.

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As far as slapping his name on their hard work, it's a symbiotic relationship.

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That's not symbiotic, it's parasitic because the returns are not not distributed fairly.

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Even then there will likely be a number of symbiotic relationships between different species that depend on the presence of varying flowering/life cycles.

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They have a somewhat symbiotic relationship This is not really the issue.

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It's more like a symbiotic relationship between the monkeys and the wolves.

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Another thing to factor in all of this is micro-fauna; parasite resistance and symbiotic parasite loads that we can not replace.

Quote examples

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Just like Pepsi and Coke, there's a symbiotic relationship between various media outlets where "rivalry" just helps drive the views up.

2

It's a "step above" a symbiotic relationship in my eyes.

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"they exist in a symbiotic relationship with us and they are driven by our basic needs." But the computer systems are not driven by our basic needs.

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What's the sovereign state equivalent of "how's it going?" It seems that the only obvious attributes of the state we to acquire resources---usually by cooperating in s semi-symbiotic fashion with similar states, and responding to basic pain-like stimuli.

Proper noun examples

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Symbiotic relationships are not quite the same - again with my definition arguably being arbitrary.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use symbiotic in a sentence?

They're not; usually the relationship is much more symbiotic, with different parties bringing different skills to the table.

What does symbiotic mean?

(astronomy) A symbiotic star.

What part of speech is symbiotic?

symbiotic is commonly used as noun, adjective.