intercollegiate
Americanadjective
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taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges.
intercollegiate athletics.
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of, relating to, or representative of two or more colleges.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of intercollegiate
First recorded in 1870–75; inter- + collegiate
Explanation
Something that's intercollegiate occurs between different colleges. At an intercollegiate debate competition, there are teams from many schools competing against each other. You'll almost always find the adjective intercollegiate describing sports, or occasionally scholarly rivalries, between colleges or universities. An intercollegiate baseball association is made up of teams from many different colleges, and an intercollegiate lacrosse tournament also includes a variety of schools. Intercollegiate is made up of inter-, "among or between," and collegiate, from Medieval Latin collegiatus, "pertaining to a college."
Example Sentences
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Tennessee’s law states that compensation cannot be provided in exchange for athletic performance in order to “maintain a clear separation between amateur intercollegiate athletics and professional sports.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
“It’s also about the changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics, and making sure that schools are set up for the most success possible in the long term.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
But in the wake of Cam Bright and Kristopher Moll’s departures — plus Daniel Heimuli’s ongoing suspension, due to a violation of the intercollegiate athletics code of conduct — depth is a concern.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
“We don’t know with certainty at the present time that playing intercollegiate football irrefutably results in you developing CTE, or that playing intercollegiate football can lead to neurodegenerative disease,” Puffer told the jury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Penn had swapped out three of its eight Poughkeepsie oarsmen, replacing them with recent graduates not eligible to race in the intercollegiate regatta but perfectly legal in Olympic trials.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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