Download the app
educalingo
Search
By their very nature, heuristic shortcuts will produce biases, and that is true for both humans and artificial intelligence, but the heuristics of AI are not necessarily the human ones.
Daniel Kahneman

Meaning of "heuristic" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HEURISTIC

From New Latin heuristicus, from Greek heuriskein to discover.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF HEURISTIC

heuristic  [hjʊəˈrɪstɪk] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEURISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heuristic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HEURISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heuristic

Heuristic refers to experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery that give a solution which is not guaranteed to be optimal. Where the exhaustive search is impractical, heuristic methods are used to speed up the process of finding a satisfactory solution via mental shortcuts to ease the cognitive load of making a decision. Examples of this method include using a rule of thumb, an educated guess, an intuitive judgment, stereotyping, or common sense. In more precise terms, heuristics are strategies using readily accessible, though loosely applicable, information to control problem solving in human beings and machines.

Definition of heuristic in the English dictionary

The first definition of heuristic in the dictionary is helping to learn; guiding in discovery or investigation. Other definition of heuristic is allowing pupils to learn things for themselves. Heuristic is also using or obtained by exploration of possibilities rather than by following set rules.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEURISTIC


amoristic
ˌæməˈrɪstɪk
aphoristic
ˌæfəˈrɪstɪk
behavioristic
bɪˌheɪvjəˈrɪstɪk
characteristic
ˌkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
coloristic
ˌkʌləˈrɪstɪk
eristic
ɛˈrɪstɪk
Eucharistic
ˌjuːkəˈrɪstɪk
euhemeristic
juːˌhiːməˈrɪstɪk
floristic
flɒˈrɪstɪk
formularistic
ˌfɔːmjʊləˈrɪstɪk
futuristic
ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɪstɪk
hypocoristic
ˌhaɪpəkɔːˈrɪstɪk
juristic
dʒʊˈrɪstɪk
meristic
məˈrɪstɪk
militaristic
ˌmɪlɪtəˈrɪstɪk
myristic
mɪˈrɪstɪk
poristic
pɒˈrɪstɪk
puristic
pjʊəˈrɪstɪk
uncharacteristic
ˌʌnkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
voyeuristic
ˌvwaɪəˈrɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEURISTIC

hetherward
Hetian
hetman
hetmanate
hetmanship
hettie
HEU
heuchera
heulandite
heurism
heuristically
heuristics
hevea
Hevelius
Hever Castle
Hevesy
hew
hewable
hewer
hewgh

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEURISTIC

anachronistic
artistic
autistic
ballistic
deterministic
domestic
holistic
journalistic
linguistic
logistic
mechanistic
minimalistic
optimistic
probabilistic
realistic
sadistic
simplistic
statistic
stylistic
synergistic
unrealistic

Synonyms and antonyms of heuristic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heuristic» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF HEURISTIC

Find out the translation of heuristic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heuristic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heuristic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

启发式
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heurística
570 millions of speakers

English

heuristic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुमानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ارشادي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эвристический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heurística
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুসন্ধানমূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

heuristique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heuristik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heuristische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒューリスティックな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휴리스틱
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heuristik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Heuristic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சூத்திர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोधक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

buluşsal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

euristico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heurystyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

евристичний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

euristica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευρετική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heuristiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heuristiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heuristisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heuristic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEURISTIC»

The term «heuristic» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.175 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
83
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «heuristic» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of heuristic
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «heuristic».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEURISTIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heuristic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heuristic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heuristic

EXAMPLES

5 QUOTES WITH «HEURISTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heuristic.
1
Daniel Kahneman
By their very nature, heuristic shortcuts will produce biases, and that is true for both humans and artificial intelligence, but the heuristics of AI are not necessarily the human ones.
2
Imre Lakatos
Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
3
Imre Lakatos
The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
4
Imre Lakatos
It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached.
5
Wilhelm Wundt
The materialistic point of view in psychology can claim, at best, only the value of an heuristic hypothesis.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEURISTIC»

Discover the use of heuristic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heuristic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Heuristic Search: Theory and Applications
Heuristic search as a problem solving tool is demonstrated in applications for puzzle solving, game playing, constraint satisfaction and machine learning.
Stefan Edelkamp, Stefan Schroedl, 2011
2
Heuristic Research: Design, Methodology, and Applications
Well-organized and well-referenced, this book gives a clear presentation of heuristic methodology as a systematic form of qualitative research.
Clark Moustakas, 1990
3
Modern Heuristic Optimization Techniques: Theory and ...
This book explores how developing solutions with heuristic tools offers two major advantages: shortened development time and more robust systems.
Kwang Y. Lee, Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi, 2008
4
Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach
Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach will be a repository for the applications of these techniques in the area of data mining.
‎2002
5
Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach
A content reading methods text that takes a quick start, heuristic approach to imparting the skills future teachers need to improve their pupils' reading ability in essential content areas.
Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo, 1990
6
Combinatorial Heuristic Algorithms with FORTRAN
In addition, a short description on each algorithm will allow the book to be used as a convenient reference. This work would not have been possible without the excellent facilities of Bell-Northern Research, Canada.
Hang Tong Lau, 1986
7
Heuristic Scheduling Systems: With Applications to ...
Reflects exact and heuristic methods of scheduling techniques suitable for creating customized sequencing and scheduling systems for flexible manufacturing, project management, group and cellular manufacturing operations.
Thomas Morton, 1993
8
Developing Play for the Under 3s: The Treasure Basket and ...
With clear and practical guidelines, this book is indispensible for anyone involved in the care of children in this age group wishing to create rich learning experiences.
Anita M. Hughes, 2010
9
Heuristic Evaluation Functions for General Game Playing
Empirical work includes a series of general game-playing programs that placed first or second for the three consecutive years of the AAAI General Game-Playing Competition.
James Edmond Clune (III.), 2008
10
Modern heuristic search methods
Including contributions from leading experts in the field, this book covers applications and developments of heuristic search methods for solving complex optimization problems.
V. J. Rayward-Smith, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEURISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heuristic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BMC Bioinformatics | Full text | Joint haplotype assembly and …
As a follow-up to HASH, [17] presented a significantly faster heuristic algorithm, HapCUT, suffering only a minor loss of accuracy. To minimize ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
2
Video Release -- Robert Nash Launches the Company, “U DO IT …
... Drinks Foods”, ”Business Consulting Services” for Mom & Pops, National Analytics Sustainability Heuristic Protocol (NASH), CSR Consulting ... «GlobeNewswire, Jul 15»
3
The Next -Generation Email Filtering Platform announces CPanel …
No more SDK or complicated actions needed to integrate Vade Retro's heuristic filter.Vade Retro makes it even easier for hosting companies to ... «MyHostNews.com, Jul 15»
4
Latin America antivirus software market that will grow at 7.78 …
It enables real-time scanning of the system memory, OS, and files using signature-based detection methods, heuristic detection methods, and ... «WhaTech, Jul 15»
5
Top Links: Best strategist working warns on dividend stocks
A roundup of what The Globe and Mail's market strategist Scott Barlow is reading this morning on the Web. The heuristic or “rule of thumb” I've ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
6
Colby Cosh: The Green Party's high-pitched whine won't dampen a …
The main objection to this heuristic is that it is not the one the consortium used back in the bad old days. The TV lords invited Reform's Preston ... «National Post, Jul 15»
7
GC Universal Autosampler Boosts Lab Productivity - Labmate Online
... experience amazing. Among others: SyringeID, vial leakage check, simultaneous injection, prep ahead, heuristic system integrity procedure. «Labmate Online, Jul 15»
8
Abstracts: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
The delineation of the neurocircuitry of the evolving stages of the addiction syndrome forms a heuristic basis for the search for the molecular, genetic, and ... «Focus, Jul 15»
9
Here's why people work like crazy, even when they already have …
“To earn and accumulate as much as possible was a functional heuristic for survival,” they write. “Individuals did not need to worry about ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
10
Musings on Neural Networking
In a neural networking world, these systems are nascent; raw with no heuristic capability as yet designed. The situation described above is ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Heuristic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/heuristic>. Oct 2026 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z