collegiate

American  

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

adjective

1. of or relating to a college.

   collegiate life.

2. of, characteristic of, or intended for college students.

   collegiate clothes; a collegiate dictionary.

3. of the nature of or constituted as a college.

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noun

1. (in Canada) collegiate institute.

collegiate British  

/ kəˈliːdʒɪɪt /

adjective

1. Also: collegial.  of or relating to a college or college students

2. (of a university) composed of various colleges of equal standing

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noun

1. short for collegiate institute

Other Word Forms

• collegiately adverb
• collegiateness noun
• postcollegiate adjective
• precollegiate adjective
• procollegiate adjective
• pseudocollegiate adjective
• quasi-collegiate adjective
• subcollegiate adjective
• uncollegiate adjective

Etymology

Origin of collegiate

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word collēgiātus. See college, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The league is preparing for a potential lockout by fast-tracking collegiate officials and giving its video command center more penalty call authority.

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Suddenly, talented collegiate players with long shot NBA dreams had powerful financial incentives to stay in school.

From The Wall Street Journal

That funding enabled Penn to establish Wharton, the world’s first collegiate business school.

From The Wall Street Journal

But what truly makes Smith one of the biggest outliers in the sport is that his collegiate story will end in the same place it began.

From The Wall Street Journal

The nearly 30,000-square-foot facility includes indoor basketball courts, a physical therapy suite and a state-of-the-art weight room overseen by a coach who previously trained collegiate athletes at Notre Dame and Stanford.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• intellectual
• scholarly
• scholastic