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# geologist

noun (a geologist, geologists)

«geologist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A geologist is a scientist who studies rocks, soil, minerals and how the Earth was formed and changes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geologist/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and geography lessons about rocks, volcanoes, earthquakes, fossils; in jobs; geologists find oil, water or metals; related: geology (the subject).

### Examples

- The geologist studied the layers in the cliff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geologist/#x1)
- Geologists can tell how old a rock is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geologist/#x2)
- My mum is a geologist who studies volcanoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geologist/#x3)
- A geologist found fossils in the shale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geologist/#x4)
- Geologists help find water underground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geologist/#x5)

### Note

Countable. Not to be confused with a palaeontologist, who studies fossils of ancient life, or an archaeologist, who studies human history from objects.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «geologist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geologist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«geologist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/geologist.html) on Mova free.