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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Symbiose

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Symbiose

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Symbiosis/ˌsɪm.baɪˈoʊ.sɪs/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Partnerschaft basiert auf einer engen Symbiose."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups, or in biology, between two different organisms.

    "The relationship between the cleaner fish and the shark is a classic example of symbiosis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Modern Greek 'symbiōsis' meaning 'living together', composed of 'syn-' (together) and 'bios' (life). Originally coined in the late 19th century by German botanist Heinrich Anton de Bary to describe biological organisms living in close physical association, the term has since evolved to metaphorically represent any mutually beneficial relationship between people, organizations, or systems.

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