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academic rank
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noun
the rank of a faculty member in a college or university, as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of academic rank
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby academic rank
academic freedom, academic gown, academician, academicism, academicize, academic rank, academic year, Académie Goncourt, academism, academize, Academus
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