🇬🇧 Organism meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

An organism is any individual living entity that can grow, reproduce, respond to stimuli, and maintain homeostasis. Organisms can be as simple as a single-celled bacterium or as complex as a human being. They include animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and other life forms.

A fish is an organism that swims all day, which sounds exhausting unless you’re a fish.

I told my teacher I’m a growing organism, so I need extra lunch. It didn’t work.

My cat is an organism that spends 90% of its life napping, which sounds like a pretty good life plan.

A cheetah is an organism that can run fast, and I’m an organism that can trip over my own shoelaces.

A worm is a squiggly, wiggly organism, and it doesn’t even mind crawling in the mud.

A boy finds a tiny wet organism on a leaf. He gently cups the organism, watches it crawl, the organism glows slightly, the organism eats a crumb. He breathes; it calms. He places the organism on soft soil; it burrows home. He smiles, happy to keep the small organism safe.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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