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# organism

noun (an organism, organisms)

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

## Everyday

1. Any living thing, such as an animal, plant, fungus or bacterium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organism/#m1)
2. A whole system with parts that work together like a living thing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organism/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science: all organisms need food, water and energy; micro-organisms are too small to see. In food chains, organisms eat or are eaten. Phrases: living organism, micro-organism, single-celled organism.

### Examples

- A tree is a living organism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organism/#x1)
- Bacteria are tiny organisms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organism/#x2)
- Every organism needs energy to live. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organism/#x3)
- Some organisms have only one cell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organism/#x4)
- We looked at pond organisms under a microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organism/#x5)
- Fungi are organisms, not plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/organism/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Adjective: organic. Do not confuse with "organisation" (a group of people) or "orgasm". Micro-organisms (microbes) can only be seen with a microscope.

## On Mova

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