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Technological

Podcast 1 · Introduction

Technological

A short documentary on the word — its meaning, sound, and story.

In this course, technological means relating to technology — to the machines, tools. The introduction ties that sense to machine. See the Cambridge English entry and the Merriam-Webster entry. Encyclopedic background is in Technological.

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Podcast 2 · Daily Use

Technological in conversation

Two British friends use the word naturally over everyday talk.

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Podcast 3 · Prompt Engineering

Prompting with “Technological”

An instructor and a developer turn the word into real, usable AI prompts.

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Transcript: “Technological” vocabulary micro-course

Read along with the three podcasts, or open the full dictionary entry for Technological for the definition, Arabic meaning, synonyms and example sentences.

Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning

Narrator: Technological. An adjective, pronounced tek-nuh-LOJ-i-kuhl — in phonetics, /ˌtɛknəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/.

Narrator: Technological means relating to technology — to the machines, tools, and methods of applied science that shape modern life and industry.

Narrator: It's the adjective form of 'technology', from the Greek 'tekhnē', skill, plus '-logia', study — the science of practical craft and its tools.

Narrator: As industry and computing advanced, the word spread widely — 'technological progress', 'a technological breakthrough', 'the technological age'.

Narrator: In tone, technological is formal and forward-looking, common in news, business, and academia — it signals progress, innovation, and modern systems.

Narrator: So keep this in mind: technological means to do with technology — the tools, machines, and advances of applied science.

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Podcast 2 — In conversation

Speaker A: The hospital made a huge technological leap with its new scanning machines.

Speaker B: Remarkable. 'Technological' means relating to technology and its advances.

Speaker A: Exactly. We're living through rapid technological change in every industry.

Speaker B: Quick tip — 'technological' is the adjective, while 'technology' is the noun. Don't say 'a technological' on its own; it describes a thing.

Speaker A: Right. So I talk about technology, but a technological advance.

Speaker B: Exactly. A close cousin is 'technical', though technical means to do with skills and details, while technological means to do with technology itself.

Speaker A: Handy. So technological describes anything tech-driven.

Speaker B: Perfectly. Technological: powered by technology.

Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering

Speaker B: Today 'technological' is our memory hook for prompts about modern, future-ready builds — using current best practices, modern tools, and up-to-date approaches.

Speaker A: So the word reminds us to ask the AI for a modern, up-to-date build?

Speaker B: Exactly. Let's start with a stack.

Speaker B: It works because 'technological' frames it as modern and current.

Speaker A: Nice. What about a dashboard?

Speaker B: Try this.

Speaker A: Right, 'technological' makes the modern-build idea obvious.

Speaker B: Now performance.

Speaker B: Calling it 'technological' keeps the up-to-date focus clear.

Speaker A: Can we do a database?

Speaker B: Here's a tight one.

Speaker A: And one for accessibility?

Speaker B: This one's memorable.

Speaker A: I love how 'technological' makes 'build it modern and current' easy to recall.

Speaker B: That's the trick — say 'technological', and the AI uses modern, up-to-date approaches instead of outdated, dated patterns.