student

[ stood-nt, styood- ]
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noun
  1. a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college; pupil: a student at Yale.

  2. any person who studies, investigates, or examines thoughtfully: a student of human nature.

Origin of student

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin student- (stem of studēns), present participle of studēre “to take pains”; see -ent; replacing Middle English studiant, aphetic variant of estudiant, from Old French, noun use of present participle of estudier “to devote oneself to, study” (see study

synonym study For student

1, 2. See pupil1.

pronunciation note For student

See new.

Other words from student

  • stu·dent·less, adjective
  • stu·dent·like, adjective
  • an·ti·stu·dent, noun, adjective
  • non·stu·dent, noun

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How to use student in a sentence

  • All our intelligent students will insist upon learning what they can of these discussions and forming opinions for themselves.

    The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
  • About fifty students are accommodated at present, but there is room for thirty more.

    Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
  • This method can be applied in several different ways according to the idiosyncrasies of different students.

    Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
  • Few students master these attachments thoroughly, and those who do, fail to retain them long.

    Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
  • There were as many blacks and mulattoes among the students as whites, but the number of them altogether was inconsiderable.

British Dictionary definitions for student

student

/ (ˈstjuːdənt) /


noun
    • a person following a course of study, as in a school, college, university, etc

    • (as modifier): student teacher

  1. a person who makes a thorough study of a subject

Origin of student

1
C15: from Latin studēns diligent, from studēre to be zealous; see study

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