Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Existing or carried on within the bounds of an institution, especially a school.
- adjective Anatomy Occurring or situated within the wall of a cavity or organ.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being within the walls or boundaries, as of a city or building: as, intramural interment is now prohibited in many cities.
- In anatomy and medicine, situated in the substance of the walls of a tubular or other hollow organ, as the intestine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being within the walls, as of a city.
- adjective Of or pertaining to those activities occurring within a single institution or organization, .
- adjective (Anat. & Med.) Being within the substance of the walls of an organ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Within the walls; within one
institution , particularly aschool . - adjective Within the substance of the walls of an
organ . - noun A (usually
sports )competition betweenteams belonging to the sameschool .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective carried on within the bounds of an institution or community
Etymologies
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Examples
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In my experience, most leakers, even of highly classified material, are motivated by surprisingly petty interests – things like spite, flattery, and a desire to win intramural debates by other means.
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And they definitely participate in intramural sports.
Social Beavers and Normal Women Peggy 2009
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Administration at the University of California at Berkeley, he participated in intramural sports and held offices in his fraternity, Sigma Alpha
Mills, James B. 1990
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He enthusiastically participated in intramural sports and was an active member of the Air Force Reserve Officers
Zukowski, Robert J. 1969
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Annoyed by Edward’s performance in intramural sports, Roy has made a new sport out of picking on the poor kid.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Trollitrade’s Second Review Forum 2009
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He began calling intramural games in college, which led to officiating elementary and middle school games, which led to high school games and a full high school schedule.
Insurance Journal 2010
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So some scientists from California who worked with the stuff on the Manhattan Project decided to call their intramural baseball team the 49ers.
Slate Magazine 2010
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A diamond to the clever math nerds who, The Herald reported this week, call their intramural hockey team "the Eulers," after the famous mathematical thinker and the NHLers from Edmonton.
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This is where Disch's sledgehammer approach seems particularly questionable to me, because I agree with many of his conclusions, but would want to add footnotes and amendments before signing on -- for instance, I admire Merril's Best SF anthologies more than any other such series, but I don't see anything particularly wrong with "intramural" anthologies, either, because done well they can be quite satisfying books.
On SF 2006
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This is where Disch's sledgehammer approach seems particularly questionable to me, because I agree with many of his conclusions, but would want to add footnotes and amendments before signing on -- for instance, I admire Merril's Best SF anthologies more than any other such series, but I don't see anything particularly wrong with "intramural" anthologies, either, because done well they can be quite satisfying books.
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