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- [kuh-lee-jit, -jee-it]
- /kəˈli dʒɪt, -dʒi ɪt/
- /kəˈliː.dʒi.ət/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kuh-lee-jit, -jee-it]
- /kəˈli dʒɪt, -dʒi ɪt/
Definitions of collegiate word
- adjective collegiate Collegiate means belonging or relating to a college or to college students. 3
- adjective collegiate of or relating to a college or college students 3
- adjective collegiate (of a university) composed of various colleges of equal standing 3
- adjective collegiate of or like a college 3
- adjective collegiate of, like, or for college students 3
- adjective collegiate of or like a collegiate church 3
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Origin of collegiate
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
First recorded in 1400-50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word collēgiātus. See college, -ate1
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Parts of speech for Collegiate
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collegiate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for collegiate
adj collegiate
- intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- scholarly — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- college — A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.
- bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
adjective collegiate
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- educational — pertaining to education.
- institutional — of, relating to, or established by institution.
- collegial — of or relating to a college
- learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
Antonyms for collegiate
adj collegiate
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- untaught — simple past tense and past participle of unteach.
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
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