ELTWeekly Issue #15, Word of the week: symbiosis

symbiosis • sim-bee-OH-sis

1 : the living together in close association of two dissimilar organisms especially when mutually beneficial

2 : a cooperative relationship

Example: A perfect symbiosis was at work between the café’s co-owners, with Stephanie creating the menu and Maria doing the bookkeeping.

To know more about the word ‘symbiosis’, please visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Mar.30.2009