HEURISTIC


Meaning of HEURISTIC in English

/ hjuˈrɪstɪk; NAmE / adjective

( formal ) heuristic teaching or education encourages you to learn by discovering things for yourself

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: formed irregularly from Greek heuriskein find.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.