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Ecosystem definition: An ecosystem is all the plants and animals that live in a particular area together with... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'ecosystem'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× ecosystem (iːkoʊsɪstəm ,USekə- ) Wordforms:pluralecosystems countablenoun Anecosystemisalltheplantsandanimalsthatliveinaparticularareatogetherwiththecomplexrelationshipthatexistsbetweenthemandtheirenvironment. [technical]Madagascar'secosystemsrangefromrainforesttosemi-desert. ...theforestecosystem. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof ecosystem Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'ecosystem' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'work/lifebalance' HindiTranslationof'ecosystem' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency ecosysteminBritishEnglish (ˈiːkəʊˌsɪstəm ,ˈɛkəʊ-) nounecology asysteminvolvingtheinteractionsbetweenacommunityoflivingorganismsinaparticularareaanditsnonlivingenvironment CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC20:fromeco(logy)+system WordFrequency ecosysteminAmericanEnglish (ˈɛkoʊˌsɪstəm ;ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm ) noun asystemmadeupofacommunityofanimals,plants,andbacteriainterrelatedtogetherwithitsphysicalandchemicalenvironment Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Wordorigineco-+system WordFrequency ecosysteminAmericanEnglish (ˈekouˌsɪstəm,ˈikou-) nounEcology asystemformedbytheinteractionofacommunityoforganismswiththeirenvironment Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1930–35;eco-+system] Examplesof'ecosystem'inasentence ecosystem Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… ButsimilartotheeffectsofenhancedCO2onaforestecosystem,thatbenefitonlyextendsupuntilapoint.SmithsonianMag(2017)Thatshufflinghasradicallyaffectednativecreaturesevolvedtolivewithinaparticularecosystemwithparticularneighbors.ChristianityToday(2000)Expertsfeartheentireecosystemcouldbeaffected.TheSun(2009)Andthereisrealconcernabouttheeffectsoftheheavilytoxiccottonindustryonfragileecosystems.Times,SundayTimes(2006)Thenasnow,thetransformationoftheenvironmentdisruptedexistingecosystems.TheTimesLiterarySupplement(2010)Theperegrinerepresentsnotonlyhisownglory,butthedeeperandmoreimportantgloryoftheentireecosystem.Times,SundayTimes(2013)That,inturn,willchangetheecologicalbalancesinthesedistinctiveandcomplexecosystems.MichaelBoulterEXTINCTION:EvolutionandtheEndofMan(2002)ThelessonofLymeBayisthattheprotectionoffeaturesdoesnotworkwithoutmanagementofthewholeecosystem.Times,SundayTimes(2012) COBUILDCollocations ecosystem  damagetheecosystem diverseecosystem ecosystemfunctioning entireecosystem forestecosystem fragileecosystem freshwaterecosystem globalecosystem healthyecosystem maintaintheecosystem marineecosystem oceanecosystem protecttheecosystem restoretheecosystem terrestrialecosystem uniqueecosystem wetlandecosystem wholeecosystem Showmore... Trendsof ecosystem Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages ecosystem BritishEnglish:ecosystem NOUN/ˈiːkəʊsɪstəm/Anecosystemistherelationshipbetweenallthelivingthingsinaparticularareatogether....theforestecosystem.AmericanEnglish:ecosystem /ˈɛkoʊsɪstəm,ˈik-/BrazilianPortuguese:ecossistema Chinese:生态系统EuropeanSpanish:ecosistema French:écosystème German:Ökosystem Italian:ecosistema Japanese:生態系Korean:생태계EuropeanPortuguese:ecossistema LatinAmericanSpanish:ecosistema Thai:ระบบนิเวศ Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically ecosystem ecosphere ecossaise ecostate ecosystem ecosystemcollapse ecosystemfunctioning ecosystemservices AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'E' Relatedtermsof ecosystem oceanecosystem wholeecosystem aquaticecosystem balancedecosystem closedecosystem Viewmorerelatedwords Source DefinitionofecosystemfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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