intercollegiate

[ in-ter-kuh-lee-jit, -jee-it ]

/ ˌɪn tər kəˈli dʒɪt, -dʒi ɪt /

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adjective

taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.

of, relating to, or representative of two or more colleges.

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Origin of intercollegiate

First recorded in 1870–75; inter- + collegiate

Words nearby intercollegiate

interclass, interclavicle, interclub, intercoastal, intercollege, intercollegiate, intercolonial, intercolumniation, intercom, intercommon, intercommunicate

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How to use intercollegiate in a sentence

Competitive meat judging’s highest stakes are in the intercollegiate circuit, where a number of schools send students on a whirlwind tour of the nation’s most hallowed meat lockers to prove their stuff.
Inside the cutthroat world of competitive meat judging|PopSci Staff|December 8, 2021|Popular-Science
He won the 1968 intercollegiate title at 400 meters and was a five-time Amateur Athletic Union national champion.
Lee Evans, 400-meter champion in racially charged 1968 Olympics, dies at 74|Matt Schudel|May 20, 2021|Washington Post
After the couple successfully bribed their younger daughter’s way into USC, Singer forwarded them a letter saying she was let in because of her “potential to make a significant contribution to the intercollegiate athletic program,” prosecutors wrote.
Lori Loughlin gets two months in prison after judge accepts plea deal in college bribery scandal|radmarya|August 21, 2020|Fortune
Teaching at Stanford, I have seen how intercollegiate athletics promotes the development of focused, confident, young women.
Why I Love the WNBA|Condoleezza Rice|May 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Intracollegiate athletic contests would be a desirable substitute for intercollegiate athletics.
Elements of Debating|Leverett S. Lyon
Intercollegiate football does not promote the best interests of competing schools.
Elements of Debating|Leverett S. Lyon
It is this fact that gives such peculiar importance to the work of the Intercollegiate Peace Association.
Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association|Intercollegiate Peace Association
What, for instance, was the purpose of the founder of this Intercollegiate Peace Association?
Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association|Intercollegiate Peace Association
I wanted to show you how they had the hurdles arranged at the last intercollegiate meet in New York.
For the Honor of Randall|Lester Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for intercollegiate

intercollegiate

/ (ˌɪntəkəˈliːdʒɪɪt) /

adjective

of, relating to, or conducted between two or more colleges or universities

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