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Alternative spelling of zeroth grade [(education) Synonym of kindergarten]
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Alternative spelling of tenth grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after ninth grade and before eleventh grade.]
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Alternative spelling of tenth grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in tenth grade.]
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(Britain) An examination, now mostly phased out, taken at age 11, to select the type of secondary education – either a grammar school or a secondary modern school.
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Alternative spelling of eleventh grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after tenth grade and before twelfth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of eleventh grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in eleventh grade.]
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Alternative spelling of twelfth grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after eleventh grade and, rarely in the US, before thirteenth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of twelfth grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in twelfth grade.]
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Alternative form of thirteener (“mountain with an elevation of at least 13,000 feet”). [(dated) A coin worth thirteenpence.]
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Alternative spelling of thirteenth grade [(US, education) The year in school that comes after twelfth grade in some schools in the US, and that came after twelfth grade before 1988 in Ontario, Canada.]
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Alternative spelling of thirteenth grader [(US, education, rare) A pupil who is in thirteenth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of first grade [(US, education) The first year of grade school, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade. Children usually begin first grade at age six.]
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Alternative spelling of first grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in first grade.]
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Alternative spelling of second grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after first grade and before third grade.]
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Alternative spelling of second grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in second grade.]
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Alternative spelling of third grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in third grade.]
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Alternative spelling of fourth grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after third grade and before fifth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of fourth grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in fourth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of fifth grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after fourth grade and before sixth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of fifth grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in fifth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of sixth grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after fifth grade and before seventh grade.]
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Alternative spelling of sixth grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in sixth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of seventh grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after sixth grade and before eighth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of seventh grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in seventh grade.]
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Alternative spelling of eighth grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after seventh grade and before ninth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of eighth grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in eighth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of ninth grade [(US, education) The period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of ninth grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in ninth grade.]
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A non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in British high schools; the qualification obtained by passing such an exam
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Alternative spelling of A level [A non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in British high schools; the qualification obtained by passing such an exam]
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associate in accounting (a degree)
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A group of exams taken in the final year of German secondary school.
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A pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur.
adj
(academics) all but thesis: A description of the status of a masters, doctoral, or (infrequently) undergraduate student who has completed all degree requirements except the culminating thesis.
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(Nigeria, slang) A current or former university student.
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Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
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An educational institution, dedicated to higher education and research, that grants academic degrees.
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(education) The annual period during which a student attends school, college or university.
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(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
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(film) A style of leader (blank introductory portion of film) with numbers marked every foot, counting down from 11 to 3.
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(UK, education) A kind of state-funded school in England that is independent of direct control by local government and has a curriculum specialism.
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(education) A day on which an institution (such as a farm or a university) hosts visitors who come to learn about it.
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(education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.
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(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
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(UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
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(of an academic degree) Awarded by one institution to an alumnus of another.
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(education) A student over the age of 25 who is enrolled at an institute of higher learning.
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(education) A university degree, such as an MSc or PhD, awarded after a baccalaureate on completion of a further program of academic studies.
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(Britain) An unclassified degree awarded to such a student.
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
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(US, informal) A student or alumnus of such a school.
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(academics) A status of a doctoral student who has completed all PhD degree requirements except the doctoral dissertation.
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(academics) A status of a master's degree, doctoral, or (infrequently) undergraduate student who has completed all degree requirements except the culminating thesis.
adj
(education, of a school) Providing instruction for male students only.
adj
(education, of a school) Providing instruction for female students only.
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(Britain) general education
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(UK, education) A combined primary school and secondary school.
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A school, college or university from which an individual has graduated or which he or she has attended.
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(shortening, Canada, US) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
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(often proscribed) An individual alumnus or alumna.
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an association of former students of a college or university
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(neologism) An alumnus or alumna (of any gender).
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(Britain, historical) A former institution for the care and education of young offenders; a reformatory, reform school, youth detention center
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(education) The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.
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Alternative spelling of AS-level [Advanced Subsidiary level, in the UK: the exam taken in the first year of the sixth form, as a first stage in getting to the A-levels (A2) at the end of the sixth form. The modular format makes the distinction less clear.]
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Advanced Subsidiary level, in the UK: the exam taken in the first year of the sixth form, as a first stage in getting to the A-levels (A2) at the end of the sixth form. The modular format makes the distinction less clear.
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(Ontario, informal, humorous) Three mathematics courses (calculus and vectors, advanced functions, and data management) and three science courses (physics, biology, and chemistry) taken during grade twelve, the last year of secondary school.
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Clipping of associate's degree. [An academic degree awarded after the equivalent of approximately two years of college education, usually by community colleges.]
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An academic degree awarded after the equivalent of approximately two years of college education, usually by community colleges.
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A great hall or large classroom used for special occasions at a university.
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Alternative letter-case form of B-school [(informal) Business school, a school or a division within a college or university teaching topics related to business or management.]
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Clipping of baccalaureate. [A bachelor's degree.]
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Relating to a baccalaureate.
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A high school completion exam and qualification awarded in many countries (e.g. Finland, France, Moldova, Romania), designed to enable students to go on to higher education.
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Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
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Alternative form of bachelor's degree [The first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges; a baccalaureate.]
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A three- to four-year (about 120 credit hours) undergraduate degree, with a concentration in the sciences or scientific applications.
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Clipping of bachelor's degree. [The first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges; a baccalaureate.]
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The first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges; a baccalaureate.
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of, or related to, coming back to school after a vacation or break
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(education) Education consisting of the two stages of primary education and lower secondary education.
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(Philippines) A graduating class; school class.
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(UK, education) A primary school or secondary school designated as outstanding under a government scheme that ran from 1998 to 2005.
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A small quantity of schoolwork, with instructions posted or announced at or before the start of class, so that students commence working on it as soon as the class period has begun.
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(historical) A course of higher education for women in imperial Russia.
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(Britain, childish) secondary school.
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(UK, historical) A school under the control of a school board, as elected by the Elementary Education Act 1870.
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A pupil who lives at school during term time.
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(by extension) A boarding school in which a dominant or colonial culture whitewashes a subordinate one de-culturizing the students of their native language, customs, religion, and culture.
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(Scotland, education) A student funded by a bursary.
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A higher education institution that specializes in business studies
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An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
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(education, US) A time-based unit of measurement used in American secondary schools to track student educational attainment. Each unit represents 120 hours of class or contact time with an instructor over the course of a year.
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Alternative form of cégep [(Quebec) A publicly funded school that combines grade 12 with either college or freshman year of university, depending on the programme. It can be a public-sector school or a private school with some public funding, though those with "CEGEP" in the name are usually public-sector. In Québec's system, it is a required step between secondary school (ending in grade 11) and university (starting in sophomore year).]
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(education) A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
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(dated) A school where lessons in etiquette and social skills are taught, often as brief courses for children.
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A school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located, and in some cases is privately owned.
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(US, idiomatic, humorous) A freshman who drops out of college at the end of the first semester.
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(education) Time spent by a group sitting together to take part in an activity.
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(UK) A state-funded all-ability secondary school that charges no fees but is independent of local authority control, being overseen directly by the Department for Education. They mainly specialise in science and technology.
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(informal) A student at, or alum of, Clark University.
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(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
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(US, education) In colleges and universities, a day of the commencement season on which the senior class celebrates the completion of its course by exercises conducted by the members, such as the reading of the class histories and poem, the delivery of the class oration, the planting of the class ivy, etc.
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Alternative form of classtime [the time devoted to or prepared for a lesson at school or elsewhere; schooltime]
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The amount of work allocated to students taking a class.
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(UK, Oxford University) A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honour class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified.
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the time devoted to or prepared for a lesson at school or elsewhere; schooltime
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(Britain, education) The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
adj
Of an educational institution, that teaches both males and females.
adj
Alternative form of co-ed [Of an educational institution, that teaches both males and females.]
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the education of male and female students in the same institution
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Obsolete form of college. [(obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.]
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(Singapore) A government high school, short for junior college.
adj
Describing a person of the age at which students typically attend higher education
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(US) One who attends college.
adj
Bound for college; soon to attend college.
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A young man who is a student in tertiary education, or one who holds a tertiary degree.
adj
(of a person) Without a college education or degree.
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A member of a college (in any sense)
adj
Of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate.
n
A student (or a former student) of a college
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(archaic, largely Scotland) A college student.
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(obsolete) A member of a college, a collegian; someone who has received a college education.
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(US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, intransitive) To concentrate on one of multiple areas of study as a student in a college or university.
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(UK, education) A school accepting pupils from age 4 to 12.
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A course, given at many universities and colleges, in which broad areas of study, rather than limited subjects are taught.
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A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university.
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(US) The Common Core State Standards Initiative, an effort to provide standards to evaluate achievement among US primary and secondary school students in basic subjects and thereby facilitate and motivate teaching of those subjects.
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(obsolete, UK, Oxford University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Cambridge called a pensioner.
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(Britain) A secondary school, usually offering extended services of some sort.
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(Britain) A comprehensive school.
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(Britain) a normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools
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(law, education) A period of time in a child's life during which the child must receive schooling as required by law.
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A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
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(education, dated) A school offering additional education to young people who have previously left school in order to work.
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(education) An academic class that is one of a subset of mandatory classes required to complete a degree program.
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(education) The courses or other components of an educational program which are foundational, prerequisite, or mandatory, as opposed to the elective, secondary, or variable components of a program.
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(university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.
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(slang) Clipping of Cougar (“a student or alumnus of the Washington State University”). [(slang) A student or alumnus of the Washington State University.]
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(slang) A student or alumnus of the Washington State University.
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A learning programme, whether a single class or (UK) a major area of study.
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(education, academics) A unit for measuring the amount of academic studies; exact definition varies by learning institution. Typically, there is a minimum number of course credits required as precondition for graduation.
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The workload involved in an academic course.
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A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student
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(slang, derogatory) An agricultural university or college.
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(education) A specialized school that trains students to meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities.
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(education, academics, US) A course credit based on the number of contact hours per week in class, for one given term or semester.
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(US) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school.
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The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university.
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(Quebec) A publicly funded school that combines grade 12 with either college or freshman year of university, depending on the programme. It can be a public-sector school or a private school with some public funding, though those with "CEGEP" in the name are usually public-sector. In Québec's system, it is a required step between secondary school (ending in grade 11) and university (starting in sophomore year).
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(education, chiefly Canada, US) A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.
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A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.
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A student who attends a boarding school but does not board there, continuing to live at home
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A school attended during the day, as opposed to a boarding school.
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A pupil who attends a boarding school during the day, but lives at home.
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A list of students in a college or university who achieve high grades during the academic term or year.
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Abbreviation of degree, degrees. [A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)]
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A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
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An available place or slot for earning a degree at an institution such as a university or college.
adj
Having an academic degree.
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(Britain, rhyming slang, education) A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.
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(education) diploma of higher education
adj
Having an academic diploma.
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A professional who has earned a diploma.
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(education) A vocational scheme combining classroom teaching and part-time employment.
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A terminal research degree and one of the highest doctorates awarded by a university.
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A postgraduate aiming to receive a doctorate; a Ph.D. student.
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(historical, in the Netherlands) A person who has passed an doctoral exam at a university, but has not yet attained a doctorate.
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A program at an institution of higher learning which allows students to work for two academic degrees at the same time.
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Two main areas of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
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to concentrate on two particular areas of study as a student in a college or university
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Alternative spelling of dropout [Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course]
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(dated) A mixed-sex school.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand) The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
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The formal teaching and care of young children by people other than their family, or in settings outside of the home, before the age of normal schooling.
adj
Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.
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(countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
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A place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, elementary schools, and universities.
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(US, education) The period in school that comes after seventh grade and before ninth grade.
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(US, education) A pupil who is in eighth grade.
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(UK, school slang) Scholastic activity designed to develop or hone academic skills.
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(Canada, US, Philippines, education) A school for children, typically older than toddlers and younger than adolescents. In the U.S., elementary schools cover grades 1 through 5, and the ages of the children are usually 6-11 years. At a minimum, elementary schools will teach basic reading, writing, arithmetic, and history. Historically also used in the UK.
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A student who goes to an elementary school.
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(obsolete) A pupil or student.
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(Britain) An examination formerly administered to all students in their final year of primary education, now used only in a few counties of England and Northern Ireland.
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Alternative form of eleven plus [(Britain) An examination formerly administered to all students in their final year of primary education, now used only in a few counties of England and Northern Ireland.]
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(US, education) The period in school that comes after tenth grade and before twelfth grade.
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(US, education) A pupil who is in eleventh grade.
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(education) In some countries, the period from elementary school to high school.
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An academic ceremony in which degrees or awards are given out.
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A person who is enrolled, as in a school.
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(Oxford University slang) Social and entertainment events provided for the students.
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A study period as part of the Erasmus Programme
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A Japanese school offering education from elementary or middle-school level (or even from the kindergarten) up to the start of university.
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A tuitional class held in the evening, typically for adults, and teaching a vocational or academic subject, practical skill, or recreational pursuit.
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A student who is participating in a student exchange scheme.
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(education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
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A school or college, many of whose graduates continue their education at another specific school or college, or enter a specific profession
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Originally, one of a group of academics who make up a college or similar educational institution; now, a senior member of a college or similar educational institution involved in teaching, research, and management of the institution.
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(US, education) The period in school that comes after fourth grade and before sixth grade.
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(US, education) A pupil who is in fifth grade.
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(Oxbridge slang) A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
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An undergraduate social club at Harvard College.
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A university student in their final year of study.
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(dated) A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society.
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Alternative spelling of finishing school [(dated) A private school intended to furnish young women with the social skills and cultural education needed in order to fulfill successfully a woman's traditional role in polite society.]
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(Ireland) the third year of primary school, following after the junior and senior infant levels.
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(US, education) The first year of grade school, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade. Children usually begin first grade at age six.
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(US, education) A pupil who is in first grade.
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(UK, education) In the three-tier education system, a school for children until thee age of eight or nine.
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(UK, education) A class or year of school pupils (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
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Education in a structured environment explicitly designed to teach students, usually in classrooms with certified teachers.
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(chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
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(education, UK) A vocational qualification in higher education, intended to give comprehensive knowledge in a subject to enable the holder to go on to employment or further study in that field.
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A law student in his or her fourth year of law school; generally an unusual situation occurring where a student has either taken an extended part-time curriculum, or has failed a class needed for graduation and must stay on for an extra semester after the three L year.
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(US, education) The period in school that comes after third grade and before fifth grade.
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(US, education) A pupil who is in fourth grade.
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(US, Canada, Philippines) A person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US and Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body.
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(UK) Education beyond compulsory schooling, not including university-based higher education.
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(UK, education) The academic grade that comes next below F.
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(China, education) The National Higher Education Entrance Examination held annually in China as a prerequisite for entrance into most forms of higher education.
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Someone who is on or has done a gap year, or a break from study.
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(UK, education) Initialism of General Certificate of Secondary Education: a British qualification taken by secondary school students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. [A British qualification taken by secondary school students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.]
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(university slang, derogatory) A student who is not affliated with a fraternity or sorority.
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A British qualification taken by secondary school students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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(UK, education) A school subject that assesses reading and writing skills and awareness of current affairs.
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Abbreviation of graduate. [A person who is recognized by a university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.]
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Alternative spelling of grade one [(Canada, Philippines) First grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade ten [(Canada, Philippines) Tenth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade eleven [(Canada, Philippines) Eleventh grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade twelve [(Canada, Philippines) Twelfth grade.]
n
Alternative spelling of grade thirteen [(Canada, historical) Thirteenth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade two [(Canada, Philippines) Second grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade three [(Canada, Philippines) Third grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade four [(Canada, Philippines) Fourth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade five [(Canada, Philippines) Fifth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade six [(Canada, Philippines) Sixth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade seven [(Canada, Philippines) Seventh grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade eight [(Canada, Philippines) Eighth grade.]
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Alternative spelling of grade nine [(Canada, Philippines) Ninth grade.]
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(Canada, Philippines) Eighth grade.
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(Canada, Philippines) Eleventh grade.
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(Canada, Philippines) Fifth grade.
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(Canada, Philippines) Fourth grade.
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(education) A gradual upward trend in grades awarded to students during the decades since the mid-20th century, reported in a number of countries and at a number of levels of schooling and sometimes offered as evidence of a decline in academic standards.
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(Canada, Philippines) Ninth grade.
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(Canada, Philippines) First grade.
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A numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course at a college or university, multiplied by the number of credits awarded for the course.
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(US, rarely Canada, education) An elementary school or primary school
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(Canada, Philippines) Seventh grade.
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(Canada, Philippines) Sixth grade.
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(Canada) Synonym of sixth grader
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(Canada, Philippines) Tenth grade.
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(Canada, historical) Thirteenth grade.
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(Canada, Philippines) Third grade.
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(Canada, Philippines) Twelfth grade.
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(Canada, Philippines) Second grade.
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One who receives a grade.
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(in combination) One who belongs to a certain grade at school.
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(US) A pupil in a grade school
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(Britain, Canada) A student who has completed the requirements for, but has not yet been awarded, a particular degree.
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Someone who has completed all studies to become a nurse but is not yet certified as one.
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A school that awards advanced degrees, such as doctoral degrees; a postgraduate school.
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(Canada, US) A university student, usually already possessing a four-year degree, who is working on a master's degree or Ph.D.
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(machine learning, humorous) The process of choosing hyperparameters manually and in an ad-hoc manner, typical of work assigned to a graduate student.
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A master's thesis or (doctoral) dissertation.
adj
Having a university degree; having completed training.
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Generic qualities that might be expected of any graduate.
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The state of being a graduate.
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A commencement ceremony.
adj
Of or pertaining to graduations.
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(dated) A female graduate of an academic institution.
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(chiefly UK) A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination.
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(medicine education, invariant) A series of lectures whose subject matter is a particular patient or similar case or a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases.
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Higher education establishments in France, outside the mainstream framework of the public universities system.
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Any edition of the Graduate Record Examination or of any of its Subject Tests.
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(UK, university slang, dated) The final examination for a degree.
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Alternative form of great go [(UK, university slang, dated) The final examination for a degree.]
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(obsolete) A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station.
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(Ireland, colloquial) Tutoring; extra lessons in a specific subject outside of school hours.
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(Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
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A type of school in India and in several other countries, residential in nature, with pupils living near the guru, often within the same house.
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physical education class
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One who attends the kind of school called a gymnasium.
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A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
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A profit-making private school, common in South Korea.
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A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
n
(UK, slang, obsolete) A student of law or medicine at Cambridge who, being of the same standing as the students in arts in his year, is allowed to wear a full-sleeved gown when they assume their BA gowns, though he does not obtain his actual degree so soon.
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In the United States, a government-funded preschool program for impoverished children.
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(historical, Ireland) A rudimentary school in 18th- and 19th-century Ireland, held outdoors or in a house or barn.
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(education) An institution which provides all or part of secondary education.
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Alternative spelling of highschooler [(US) A student at a high school]
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(Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.
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Education at university level or beyond.
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(proscribed) Alternative spelling of high school [(education) An institution which provides all or part of secondary education.]
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(US) A student at a high school
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A Dutch polytechnic or college; a higher education institution of lower rank than a university.
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(US, dated) A boarding school.
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Alternative form of homeschooler [One who homeschools a student (typically the parent).]
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Alternative form of homeschooler [One who homeschools a student (typically the parent).]
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(US) A classroom where school pupils of the same age gather for registration, or for other purposes that are unrelated to class content.
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Alternative spelling of home school [A school within a private domestic place, rather than in a public facility or private institution.]
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A student who is homeschooled, a homeschooled student.
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(US) A schoolchild noted for their high academic grades
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A type of university qualification: generally the highest-ranking type of undergraduate degree, though details differ by country or education system. See the Wikipedia article Honours degree.
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An underclassman or junior, in the context of South Korea.
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(slang) A semester, in the context of a course of study which should be enjoyable as opposed to required work.
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Initialism of high school. [(education) An institution which provides all or part of secondary education.]
n
Obsolete spelling of higher [(Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.]
n
(education) Initialism of International General Certificate of Secondary Education; an internationally recognised qualification taken by secondary school students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; similar to the GCSE.
adj
(England, education) In the state of pupilage; subject to the rules of a college or university as they apply to junior members.
adj
(education) Occurring while a class or lesson is taking place.
n
(education) A type of primary and secondary school suspension method in which, for a given period of time, the students being punished are not allowed to go to their regular classes, but are still required to attend school to instead be kept in an alternative setting that usually involves immobility and the performing of school-related activities.
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A school specifically training for skills aimed at industrial employment.
n
(UK) A primary school, generally for children aged between four and seven.
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An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
n
(Ireland, slang, dated) A student in their 3rd or 4th year of secondary school.
n
(Ireland, dated) A certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school.
n
(education) A school for children that serves grades between elementary school and high school, and occasionally between the former and middle school. These grades vary from anywhere from grade 4 to grade 8.
n
A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.
adj
(Britain, education, of a student) Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.
n
(education) A rigorous educational program for high school students, focused on developing critical thinking, collaboration, and reflection skills.
n
A school primarily for the children of foreign nationals and teaching a more international curriculum that differs from typical local education.
n
(informal) A university that is part of the Ivy League.
n
(US) A ceremonial day at older colleges when a class memorial stone is unveiled.
n
An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.
n
(US) A person who was educated at an Ivy League institution.
n
(informal) A school or a division within a college or university teaching topics related to the practice of journalism.
n
Alternative letter-case form of Jambite [(Nigeria) A first-year student at university; freshman.]
n
“advanced” or “entered graduate”, a scholar who had successfully passed the highest level of the Chinese imperial examinations (殿試), usually held triennially at the imperial court.
n
(informal) A fictitious name used to designate the typical college student or to characterize a person as being a typical college student.
n
(Hong Kong, slang) Someone admitted to university through the JUPAS system.
n
(chiefly US, Philippines) A third-year student at a high school or university.
n
(Ireland, slang) A student in their 3rd year of secondary school.
n
The certificate awarded to Irish students who pass the state examinations at the end of the third year of secondary school.
n
(Singapore) A government high school, usually abbreviated to "JC"
n
(education) A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. In the US, it often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.
n
(US) A student at a school that includes grades 6, 7 and 8; a preadolescent.
n
(Ireland) A child in the first year of primary school.
n
(Canada) A school teaching children from kindergarten to Grade 5.
n
A second-year undergraduate at the University of Cambridge.
n
(US, education) kindergarten through twelfth grade.
n
(Canada, US, education) Kindergarten through 12th grade (US)/grade 12 (Canada).
n
(UK, Ireland, education) Any of the sequential stages of attainment in the state education system of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar, specifying the knowledge expected of students at various ages.
n
(Philippines) Alternative spelling of kinder one [(Philippines) The first year of kindergarten, the period in school that comes after nursery and before prep or elementary.]
n
(Philippines) Alternative spelling of kinder two [(Philippines) The second year of kindergarten, the period in school that comes after nursery and before prep or elementary.]
n
(Philippines) The first year of kindergarten, the period in school that comes after nursery and before prep or elementary.
n
(Philippines) The second year of kindergarten, the period in school that comes after nursery and before prep or elementary.
n
(US, Australia) The elementary school grade before first grade.
n
(less common) Alternative form of kindergartner [A child who attends a kindergarten.]
n
(rare) A person who teaches at a kindergarten.
n
(Malaysia, school slang) cocurriculum; extracurriculum
n
(education) A mathematics and reading program through which students work at their own pace, intended to supplement school lessons.
n
A prestigious school that serves as a first step toward entering a higher-level private school.
n
A graduate of a university.
n
(Ireland, slang) A student in their 6th year of secondary school.
n
(Ireland) The certificate awarded to Irish students who pass the state examinations at the end of secondary school.
n
(education) The descendant of an alumnus.
n
A student who is admitted to a school (often a college or university) primarily because one or both of their parents are alumni of the same institution.
n
(Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.
adj
Educated, especially having a degree (entitled to put an abbreviation such as BS, MA, PhD, MD after a signature).
n
(dated) A system of grading student's work using letters (e.g. A, B, C, D, F), as opposed to another system such as "pass/fail" or numerical grades.
n
(Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
n
A person who holds the academic degree of license.
n
(UK, university slang, dated) The preliminary examination for a degree.
n
(US, education, informal) A small liberal arts college that has the academic quality or prestige of an Ivy League university.
n
(US) any of the Ivy League universities, such as Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, and the University of Pennsylvania, that are generally seen as less prestigious than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
adj
Abbreviation of learned. [Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.]
n
(historical, Ancient Rome) private school outside the home where a teacher (called a litterator or a magister ludi, and often of Greek origin) taught boys and some girls at the age of 7 basic reading, writing, arithmetic, and sometimes Greek, until the age of 11
n
Alternative form of lycée [A public secondary school in France.]
n
(US, historical) A school, especially European, at a stage between elementary school and college, a lycée.
n
A public secondary school in France.
n
(US, UK, Australia, education) Man: A Course of Study. A controversial education programme in the 1970s.
n
(US) A public school with specialized courses.
n
(education, chiefly US) The practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes.
n
(education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
v
(US, Canada, education) To take (something) as one's major field of study in an institute of tertiary education (such as a college or university).
n
A person holding such a degree.
n
Clipping of master's degree. [A postgraduate degree which aims to assist students in developing a mastery for a particular academic field or profession.]
n
A postgraduate degree which aims to assist students in developing a mastery for a particular academic field or profession.
n
(Philippines) doctorate (university degree)
n
The day when graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as residents.
n
Alternative form of match day [The day when graduating medical-school students find out where they will serve as residents.]
n
(US) A member of the math team of a primary school or secondary school.
n
(South Africa) The final year of high school.
n
(obsolete) A document indicating that a student has passed a course of study.
n
Alternative spelling of matriculant [A person who has matriculated or been registered on a list or roll, usually at a school.]
n
A person admitted to membership in a society.
n
A final exam that young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.
n
(education) An adult learner.
n
(education) An adult learner.
n
Someone who attends, or has attended in the past, one of these schools, especially one involved in the sports teams.
n
A school that teaches medicine.
n
(education) An alternative secondary education program that blends aspects of high school and community college.
n
(education, countable) A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.
n
A student in a middle school.
n
A secondary school or postsecondary school that incorporates military-like discipline into its educational program, typically leading many of its students to join the military.
n
(US) A secondary school (or middle school) that prepares its students for joining the military.
adj
Student at Minerva University.
n
(Canada, US, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.
v
(Canada, US, education) To study as or qualify in a subsidiary subject at college or university.
n
A school for religious, and sometimes also secular, education for the poor, funded by charitable donations.
n
Master of Mathematics degree.
n
(Ireland) At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
adj
(education) Relating to students of the same grade level
n
(UK, education) A trust that operates more than one academy school.
n
(Malaysia, education) A type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.
n
(UK, school slang) A new pupil.
n
A school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominantly in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules.
n
(US, education) The period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.
n
(US, education) A pupil who is in ninth grade.
n
(US, education) In a college or university: a student who does not enroll immediately after graduating high school, works full-time or part-time during their enrollment, or is financially independent.
n
(obsolete) A school for training teachers, especially in mainland Europe and North America.
n
A nursery school (“a school where pre-school children learn and play at the same time”).
n
(Britain) A school where pre-school children play and learn at the same time.
n
Alternative spelling of O-level [A subject-based qualification superseded in England by GCSEs, but still available as an international examination.]
n
A subject-based qualification superseded in England by GCSEs, but still available as an international examination.
adj
(UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
n
(chiefly Britain) An alumnus, especially of a public school.
n
(chiefly Britain) An alumna, especially of a public school.
adj
Being a student of an educational institution who resides on the campus.
n
(US, education) An unselective and noncompetitive college admissions process, where the only entrance criterion is a high-school diploma or a certificate of attendance or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
n
(US, education) A casual school event where the school invites parents or guardians to tour their child's school and meet the teachers.
n
(also Oppidan) A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar.
n
(Australia, education) A separate primary-school class for teaching gifted children.
n
(Cambridge University) A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.
n
(education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
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(Hong Kong) orientation (adjustment for new students to the university environment) activities at universities, usually held by student organizations in the form of a camp
n
(UK, education) An evening consisting of short meetings between a parent and their child's teachers to discuss the child's academic progress.
adj
Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
n
(historical) A pupil at a boarding school who enjoys particular privileges.
n
An educational institution for the training of cadres of a party, especially a communist party.
n
(education) The grade required to pass an exam or other assessment
n
(Britain) One who passes a university degree, but without honours.
n
Alternative spelling of pay grade [A level indicating a base salary (in the US applying to military and government employees).]
n
(Malaysia, informal, slang) Moral studies, a school subject for non-Muslim students in Malaysia that teaches about personal morality.
n
(obsolete) A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
n
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
n
(Britain) A school subject in which students are taught important facts of life not covered in other subjects, such as sexual relationships, drug abuse and so on.
n
Doctor of Philosophy, a terminal research degree, the highest of academic degrees conferred by a college or university.
n
(derogatory) A college or university degree.
n
(UK) Any of several universities founded in the United Kingdom in the 1960s in the era of the Robbins Report on higher education.
n
a nursery school, kindergarten
n
(UK, dated, Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.
n
(Singapore) A three-year post-secondary vocational training institute, equivalent of community college in the U.S. or TAFE in Australia.
n
A social club and debating society at Eton College.
adj
Alternative form of postgraduate [Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.]
adj
After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.
adj
After the elementary school level of education.
n
Abbreviation of postgraduate. [A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.]
n
A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
adj
(education, US and Canada) Of or pertaining to education or educational institutions subsequent to secondary school or high school.
n
(education, US and Canada) An educational institution (usually a college or university) which is attended after graduation from secondary school or high school.
adj
Alternative spelling of pregraduate [Of or pertaining to those studies that take place before a student completes a degree course.]
n
Abbreviation of prekindergarten. [(US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.]
adj
Alternative spelling of preschool [Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.]
n
(UK, education) A school-leaving qualification that is an alternative to A levels.
n
(Britain) A school pupil in a position of power over other pupils.
n
(US, sometimes attributive) A student who has not yet become a freshman.
n
A person who is taking an academic course but has not yet graduated.
adj
Relating to a school that caters for very young children (infants)
n
(US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
n
A child who has not yet begun to attend kindergarten.
n
A child who has not yet started kindergarten.
n
(Canada, US) A student taking such a course.
n
(Philippines) preparatory level; the last two levels or the fourth and fifth years of preschool; the two levels before first grade.
n
(sciences, education) Abbreviation of preparation room. [(sciences, education) a laboratory for preparing teaching materials]
n
(Britain) A private primary school which prepares its pupils for the common entrance examination most commonly at the age of thirteen, and subsequent entry into public school.
n
(UK, slang) A student at a prep school.
n
Alternative spelling of preppy [(US) A student of a prep school.]
n
(US) A student of a prep school.
n
(US) A student at a prep school.
adj
Having been taught at preschool.
n
A child who is educated at preschool.
adj
(education) Before the sophomore level.
n
The basic schooling given to children up to the age of puberty, including reading, writing, and basic mathematics.
n
(Britain, education) A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.
n
(New Zealand) An elementary school class; an elementary school student. (No longer used.)
n
A fee-charging private or independent school.
n
(UK, music) A chorister in their training period before full admission to a choir, whether or not that period is probationary.
n
(derogatory, US) Someone who takes college classes to avoid having to assume adult responsibilities after graduating from high school.
n
In Germany, a classical school without the higher classes; a school preparatory to a gymnasium.
n
A diploma obtained after completion of a first year's (preparatory) study at some European universities.
n
A seminar that is open to (and accessible to) upper level undergraduates; contrasts with a graduate seminar (for graduate students only), which assumes more background.
n
A seminary that prepares pupils for a higher institution.
n
(Singapore) Primary School Leaving Examination: A national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school. Regarded as a high-stake examination determining the ability to enter a secondary school of choice.
n
(US, education, informal) A public university that has the academic quality or prestige of an Ivy League university.
n
(UK, Ireland, India) Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school
n
Alternative form of public school [(UK, Ireland, India) Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school]
n
(law, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
n
(UK, education) A grant awarded by the government to schools in England for the benefit of disadvantaged students.
n
The state or period of being a pupil in an educational establishment.
n
(usually in the plural) Qualifying exam. An exam taken by someone (usually a grad student or prospective grad student) to measure their mastery in something, usually an academic field.
n
(UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
n
(UK, historical) A free school for poor children, where they were taught and in part fed.
n
(UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
v
(US) To hold a child out of kindergarten for one year in the hope that the child will do better academically and socially.
n
(education) A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.
n
(education) A document, on cardboard or plain paper, stating which grades a student earned, at the end of a term of regular period.
n
(UK, education, historical, in the plural) The first of three examinations once required for an academic degree at the University of Oxford; nicknamed the little go and generally taken around the time of matriculation.
adj
Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.
n
(UK, education) A child who will turn three years old during the school term, and may therefore count as a three-year-old for the purposes of registering at a school.
n
(UK, education) The idea that university places should be available to everybody who qualifies for them by ability and attainment.
n
(colloquial, in Japan) A student who has failed the entrance examination for the high school or university of their choice: if the student does not wish to take the exam the following year or is unable to, the student becomes a ronin, assuming full responsibility for their own training and survival.
n
(UK, historical, education) A public examination taken by the most able A-level students and typically used to support university applications, particularly to Oxbridge.
n
(US, colloquial) The least desired among the colleges and universities that one applies to for admission, chosen as a contingency in case one is rejected from all others.
n
(India) A school that prepares children for a military academy
n
(US, education) The person who graduates high school with the second-highest GPA and thus gets to give the salutatory address during the graduation ceremony.
n
(UK, education) An undergraduate course of study incorporating a placement or internship year.
n
(US) SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test): a national exam taken annually by high school juniors and seniors.
n
(Hong Kong) Abbreviation of school. [(Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.]
n
(law) Abbreviation of school. [(Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.]
n
(historical) A member of the Scholae Palatinae, an elite military guard unit of Ancient Rome.
n
schooling; level of education
n
(Australia, dated) The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.
n
Obsolete spelling of school [(Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.]
n
Obsolete form of scholar. [A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.]
n
Obsolete spelling of scholar [A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.]
n
(Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
n
(education) An age at which a child is required to attend school.
n
(US) All students who have graduated or will graduate from a school in a given year.
n
Alternative form of schooldays [The period of one's life when one attends school, particularly, primary school (as opposed to college days); one's youth.]
n
(Canada, US) An administrative unit responsible for public primary and secondary schools in a particular locality; the area under the jurisdiction of such an administrative unit.
n
(Canada, Philippines, Virginia, historically Ceylon) An administrative unit responsible for public primary and secondary schools in a particular locality; the area under the jurisdiction of such an administrative unit.
n
(anime, manga) A genre which has the majority of the storyline taking place in a school.
n
(idiomatic, chiefly US) The source of an education consisting of real-world experiences, especially adverse experiences.
n
(Australia, informal) Any of the correspondence schools catering for the primary and early secondary education of children in remote and outback Australia.
n
(education) The academic year of a school.
adj
Of the age at which students typically attend primary or secondary school.
n
A high-school student who has recently graduated.
adj
Having the required emotional, behavioral, and cognitive skills needed to start school.
n
A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.
n
The period of one's life when one attends school, particularly, primary school (as opposed to college days); one's youth.
n
Obsolete form of school. [(Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.]
n
A student, or in some cases member, of a particular type of school or schooling.
n
(obsolete) Something taught; precepts; schooling.
n
A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.
n
(UK, military) An education officer.
n
(Australia) A festival during which finishing high school students celebrate the end of their studies, and associated freedom.
n
(colloquial, humorous) An aversion to going to school.
n
Alternative letter-case form of schoolman [(historical) A medieval writer, scholar or teacher of the subjects taught at early European universities (such as theology, metaphysics and logic); a scholastic.]
v
(transitive, US, slang) To discipline in the manner of a schoolmarm; to harshly reprimand or chide.
adj
(informal) Resembling a schoolmarm.
n
The fact or activity of being a schoolmaster; teaching.
n
(nonstandard, rare, sometimes humorous) A schoolchild, pupil, or student of any gender.
n
(linguistics, sociology) The linguistic setting of a school or education institution, especially the visual language in terms of signage.
n
Time spent in school; classtime
adj
(informal) Of or relating to school.
n
Alternative spelling of school year [(education) The academic year of a school.]
n
An educational institution.
n
(education) The amount of time a student has spent attending a particular course.
n
(US) The schoolwork done by students sitting at their desks during schooltime.
n
(informal) A second-class honours degree.
n
(US, education) The period in school that comes after first grade and before third grade.
n
(US, education) A pupil who is in second grade.
n
(education) A secondary school.
n
Education that follows primary education and leads to either employment or college / university education.
n
(education, Britain) In the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.
n
(Britain, somewhat dated) a type of school, for pupils who had failed the 11-plus examination, that concentrated on practical and vocational rather than academic subjects
n
(education, Canada, US) The federally designated, graduation-separated classification of grades 9–12 (approximately ages 14–18), regardless of whether they are compiled together in one school or separate from the other grades.
n
(Philippines, education) A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.
n
(education) A school that admits students on the basis of their academic achievements.
n
The number of credit hours a student takes in a semester, usually for a college or university to count towards a degree.
n
(education) A school that complements a student's secondary education by providing them with the opportunity to step out of their regular school for half an academic year and take part in a more interdisciplinary and experiential curriculum.
adj
(education) Operating as a semester school.
n
A school that provides board and lodging to some students, but allows others to attend during the day only, like a day school.
n
A private residential school for girls.
adj
(education) Being or relating to a kind of advanced primary school focusing on practical subjects.
adj
(US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
n
(education) An institution which provides secondary education, typically in grades 10, 11, and 12, and often also in grade 9.
n
An attendee at a senior high school
n
(Ireland) a child in the second year of primary school.
n
(education, UK) A secondary school
n
(US, Canada) A tendency of seniors in high school or college to skip class or slack off due to a desire to move on, or because they have already been accepted by a college and their further academic performance is no longer as relevant.
n
(Alberta and Saskatchewan) A publicly funded school provided for Roman Catholics or Protestants, whichever is considered a minority in a public school jurisdiction.
n
(education) An academic term
n
(education) A group of seven liberal arts colleges in the northeastern United States.
n
(US, education) The period in school that comes after sixth grade and before eighth grade.
n
(US, education) A pupil who is in seventh grade.
n
A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
n
(education) A seventh-grader at Boston Latin School.
n
(historical) During the American Civil War, a child who, having reached the age of 16, was discharged from a soldiers' orphan school.
n
(education) In England, the final two years of secondary school, during which students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age.
n
(US, education) The period in school that comes after fifth grade and before seventh grade.
n
(US, education) A pupil who is in sixth grade.
n
(UK) An educational establishment consisting solely of a sixth form.
n
(UK, Australia) A pupil in the sixth form.
n
(Britain) An undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge who receives an allowance for his college expenses or tuition, sometimes in return for doing a defined job.
n
(dated, dialect) Pronunciation spelling of school. [(Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.]
n
(US, informal) A student or alumnus of the MIT Sloan School of Management.
n
(Oxford University slang, dated) The preliminary examination for a degree.
n
The practice of promoting a student to the next grade only at the end of the current school year, regardless of when or whether they learned the necessary material, in order to keep them with their peers by age.
n
Clipping of sophomore. [(US, Philippines) A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.]
n
(dated, UK, US, universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.
adj
(US) The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a high school (tenth grade) or university.
n
(UK) External administration for a failing public service such as a school or hospital.
n
A school specifically run for students with disabilities or other problems that need special treatment.
n
(India) Grade level in primary education.
n
A government-funded school, paid for by taxes.
adj
(UK, education) Having been provided with a Statement of Educational Needs.
n
(education) A student who leaves an academic institution but later returns to continue studying.
n
Alternative spelling of straight As [(education) Grades or marks that are consistently A's.]
n
(UK, education) A division of a school year by perceived ability.
n
(UK, education, in combination) A pupil belonging to a particular stream (division by perceived ability).
n
(US, slang, dated) A student.
n
(in particular) A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school).
n
All the students (pupils) enrolled at an educational institution.
n
(education, US) A time-based unit of measurement used in American colleges and universities to track student educational attainment. Each unit represents approximately 12 hours of class or contact time with an instructor over the course of a semester.
adj
Pertaining to Student's t test or Student's t distribution
n
(informal) Language characteristic or typical of a student.
n
(uncommon) A female student.
n
(UK) A student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizational activities, and representation.
adj
(informal) Of or pertaining to university students.
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a school in which pedagogues with academic titles (doctores, magistri, professores, etc.) could teach students from other countries, and could offer licenses in multiple disciplines (compare to studium particulare). Historians often designate a school's recognition as a studium generale as one of the key characteristics of it being a university.
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(Canada, US) A class period, usually in boarding school or high school, where students are afforded the time for independent study and homework assignments, as part of the curriculum or after hours, the last notably as a punishment called detention.
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(US, medicine) an acting internship; a clinical rotation of a fourth-year medical student in the United States medical education system
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A college making up part of a larger institution such as a university.
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A student who has not yet graduated.
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A school making up part of a larger school.
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An upperclassman or senior, in the context of South Korea.
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(education, US, Philippines) A university student who is in their fifth year of postsecondary education without having graduated.
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(education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
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Alternative form of sweet thirteen [(slang) Synonym of bat mitzvah]
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(UK, education) A two-year technical course taken after GCSEs and equivalent to three A levels, developed to meet the needs of industry.
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(Australia, countable) A college offering courses in technical and vocational education.
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(education) A college of further education providing classes and courses in a range of practical subjects, such as information technology, applied sciences, engineering, agriculture, and secretarial skills.
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A school that provides training in practical skills such as welding, hairdressing, plumbing and so on.
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(Singapore) A compilation of national examination questions from past years.
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(US, education) The period in school that comes after ninth grade and before eleventh grade.
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(US, education) A pupil who is in tenth grade.
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The part of the academic year in which classes are held.
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A student undergoing tertiary education
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A residential school which provides therapy and education.
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A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
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(US, education) The period in school that comes after second grade and before fourth grade.
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(US, education) A pupil who is in third grade.
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Alternative form of third grader [(US, education) A pupil who is in third grade.]
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(US, education) The year in school that comes after twelfth grade in some schools in the US, and that came after twelfth grade before 1988 in Ontario, Canada.
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(US, education, rare) A pupil who is in thirteenth grade.
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The basic education any child can expect to receive, but not necessarily limited to reading, writing and arithmetic.
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(UK, education) A primary school with 800 or more pupils.
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(education) The situation where a student who holds a qualification equivalent to part of a degree course is then accepted onto a degree course at an intermediate point, without having to start it from the beginning.
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(education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level.
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(US, education) In a college or university: a student who enrolls immediately after graduating high school, does not work during their enrollment, and is not financially independent.
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(education) An inventory of the courses taken and grades earned of a student alleged throughout a course.
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A student who transfers from one university / college to another after studying there for a term / semester or more
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(UK, Ireland, education) An examination administered to some students in their last year of primary education, governing admission to grammar schools and other secondary schools that use academic selection.
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(education) Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.
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An optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland.
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(dialectal) To matriculate; to graduate
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(education) The third and final academic term of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from April to June; equivalent to Easter term at the University of Cambridge. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates.
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(UK, Ireland, education, historical) The division of state-funded secondary education into three types of school: grammar school, secondary technical school, and secondary modern school; used between 1945 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland. Performance in the 11-plus examination determined which type of school a student would attend.
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A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
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(Canada, US) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
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A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
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(US, education) The period in school that comes after eleventh grade and, rarely in the US, before thirteenth grade.
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(US, education) A pupil who is in twelfth grade.
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Of or pertaining to the second year of law school.
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(Ireland, slang) Students doing a transition year.
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Initialism of undergraduate. [A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.]
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An alternative school that oversees the homeschooling of children to ensure that it fulfils government educational requirements.
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(informal) An undergraduate.
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The period of time spent in college or university by a student who has not yet earned a bachelor's or equivalent degree.
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A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.
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The realm or sphere of undergraduates.
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The position or condition of an undergraduate.
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Resembling or characteristic of an undergraduate.
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(dated) A female undergraduate of an academic institution.
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(US, of a school district) that serves all grade levels between kindergarten and twelfth grade.
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(US) A high school or high school district that serves students from more than one elementary school district.
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Obsolete spelling of university [Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.]
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Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.
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A tertiary educational institution that is a constituent unit of a university, and whose degrees are granted through the parent university.
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The extension of the advantages of university instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centres.
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An institution of higher education, which provides tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants professional degrees in a variety of subjects that typically lead to careers in e.g. engineering, nursing, commerce.
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(idiomatic, chiefly UK and Ireland) The real world as a source of instruction, as opposed to a formal education.
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(UK, education) A school found within secondary education.
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(US) A junior or senior student in a school or college.
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An upperclassman of any gender.
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(education, historical) Primary School Achievement Test: A national examination taken at the end of the final year of primary school.
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(Australia) Valedictorian.
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(US, Canada, properly) The individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell or valedictory address, often the person who graduates with the highest grades.
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(often attributive) university
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Alternative spelling of vaulting school [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vaulting, school. (A place where one learns to vault.)]
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(Malaysia, education) A type of primary school where either Mandarin or Tamil is the medium of instruction.
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(education, archaic) A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.
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(Ireland) A national school built by the aid of grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education and secured for educational purposes by leases to the commissioners themselves, or to the commissioners and the trustees.
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A schooling facility organised within an industrial plant to teach specific skills to trainee workers.
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(Canada, US, education, slang) One or more years of study beyond the traditional four taken to complete one's undergraduate degree.
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(Canada, US) A high school offering vocational and technical training.
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A school that provides training in specific skills required for different industries.
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(UK, education) A state-funded school in which a (usually religious) foundation or trust contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in running the school.
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(UK, education) A state-funded school in which a (usually religious) foundation or trust has some formal influence in running the school, but less than for a voluntary aided school.
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(education) A stage on the way to successfully learning something, especially a foreign language.
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Someone associated with the University of Michigan, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan.
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(Cambridge University slang, dated) The last junior optime who takes a university degree.
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(UK, education, Cambridge University) A student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours.
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(informal) A student at Yale University.
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A level or grade in school or college.
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Alternative form of yeargroup [(education) The body of students corresponding to a particular grade level or year of study.]
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(education) The body of students corresponding to a particular grade level or year of study.
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(in combination) Someone in a particular year of e.g. study.
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(UK, education) Year eleven information system: a mathematics and vocabulary test used to compare the performance of GCSE pupils.
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(education) A high school class that is offered early in the morning, before the scheduled start of the school day.
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(US, education) A hypothetical year of grade school before first grade.
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