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collegiate

[ kuh-lee-jit, -jee-it ]
/ kəˈli dʒɪt, -dʒi ɪt /
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adjective

of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
of, characteristic of, or intended for college students: collegiate clothes; a collegiate dictionary.
of the nature of or constituted as a college.

noun

(in Canada) collegiate institute.

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Origin of collegiate

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word collēgiātus.See college, -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM collegiate

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH collegiate

collegial, collegiate

Words nearby collegiate

College Station, college try, collegial, collegiality, collegian, collegiate, collegiate church, collegiate institute, collegium, collegium musicum, col legno
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Words related to collegiate

intellectual, scholarly, scholastic, university, college, bookish, erudite, learned, pedantic, studious, book-learned

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British Dictionary definitions for collegiate

collegiate
/ (kəˈliːdʒɪɪt) /

adjective

Also: collegial of or relating to a college or college students
(of a university) composed of various colleges of equal standing

noun

Canadian short for collegiate institute
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