Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or held to resemble a college.
- adjective Of, for, or typical of college students.
- adjective Of or relating to a collegiate church.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of a college, or an organized body of men having certain common pursuits or duties: as, collegiate societies. Hooker. See
college - Pertaining to a college within a university, or to a college which forms an independent institution for higher learning; furnished by or pursued in a college: as, collegiate life; collegiate education. See
college , 2. - Constituted after the manner of or connected with a college in any sense: as, collegiate masterships in a university.
- Collected; combined; united. Bacon.
- In Scotland, a church or congregation the active pastor of which is the colleague and successor of the emeritus pastor.
- In the United States, a corporate church having several houses of worship, with coordinate pastors.
- noun A member of a college or university.
- noun Same as
collegian , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a college.
- adjective An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers
- noun A member of a college.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to a
college , or collegestudents . - adjective
Collegial . - noun obsolete A member of a
college , acollegian ; someone who has received acollege education . - noun obsolete A fellow-
collegian ; acolleague .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The points above about sports being better represented on an "amateur" level in collegiate and schooling cirles is especially relevant as well.
Opera versus the NFL, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Peter J. Cutino Award, the most prestigious award in collegiate water polo.
Meet Team USA 2008
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The Cavs made Charlotte look rather collegiate from the start, racing to a 12-point lead in the opening minutes as James drove to the basket at will.
USATODAY.com 2008
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The expression was unlike anything ever seen in collegiate or pro sports.
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The live-in collegiate system of Durham was very restrictive after the freedom of Israel, and I only really enjoyed my last year when I moved into
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"For the most part there's a lot of mistrust in collegiate athletics."
USATODAY.com 2005
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"He was a great scorer in collegiate hockey," Burns said.
USATODAY.com - Better late than never, Devils' Pandolfo finds net 2003
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Fatalities were relatively common in collegiate football until President Theodore Roosevelt — the epitome of the upper-class manly man — tried to instill some restraint.
The Organization Kid 2001
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Fatalities were relatively common in collegiate football until President Theodore Roosevelt — the epitome of the upper-class manly man — tried to instill some restraint.
The Organization Kid 2001
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With an introduction from John Hodgman about the cash cow industry of satire, McSweeney’s aims its new book at the intellectual crowd as jokes and humor are procured at the expense of classic works and authors revered in collegiate halls.
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