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Definition of heuristic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

heuristic

adjective
 
/hjʊəˈrɪstɪk/
 
/hjʊˈrɪstɪk/
(formal)
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  1. heuristic teaching or education encourages you to learn by discovering things for yourself
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeuristic is used with these nouns:
    • method
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: formed irregularly from Greek heuriskein ‘find’.
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