Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #534 of 1319

ecosystem (n.)

a community of living things

Examples

  • A fragile ecosystem.

Key rules

  • An ecosystem is a community of living things and their environment
  • A fragile ecosystem, a healthy ecosystem
  • Ecosystem is countable

Common mistakes

  • The ecosystems are fragile → The ecosystem is fragile
💡 Tip: Biology // Conservation // Environment
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