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