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academic (ˌækəˈdɛmɪk
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Definitions
adjective
- belonging or relating to a place of learning, esp a college, university, or academy
- of purely theoretical or speculative interest ⇒
an academic argument
- excessively concerned with intellectual matters and lacking experience of practical affairs
- (esp of a schoolchild) having an aptitude for study
- conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional ⇒
an academic painter
- relating to studies such as languages, philosophy, and pure science, rather than applied, technical, or professional studies
noun
- a member of a college or university
Derived Forms
ˌacaˈdemically adverbSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = studious, serious, intellectual, eager, hard-working, scholarly, thoughtful, earnest, reflective, diligent, meditative, bookish, assiduous, swotty, sedulous
Translations for 'academic'
- British English: academic Academic means relating to life or work in schools, colleges, and universities.Their academic standards are high.ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ADJECTIVE
- Arabic: أَكَادِيـمِيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: acadêmico acadêmica
- Chinese: 学术的
- Croatian: akademski akademska
- Czech: akademický
- Danish: akademisk
- Dutch: academisch
- European Spanish: académico académica
- Finnish: akateeminen
- French: scolaire
- German: akademisch
- Greek: ακαδημαϊκός ακαδημαϊκή
- Italian: accademico accademica
- Japanese: 大学の
- Korean: 학원의
- Norwegian: akademisk
- Polish: akademicki akademicka
- Portuguese: académico académica
- Romanian: academic academică, academici, academice
- Russian: академический академическая
- Spanish: académico académica
- Swedish: akademisk akademiskt
- Thai: ด้านวิชาการ
- Turkish: akademik
- Ukrainian: академічний
- Vietnamese: mang tính học thuật
- British English: academic An academic is a member of a university or college who teaches or does research. NOUNA group of academics say they can predict house prices through a computer program.
- Brazilian Portuguese: acadêmico acadêmica
- Chinese: 学者学學者
- European Spanish: profesor universitario profesora universitaria, profesora universitaria
- French: universitaire
- German: Akademiker Akademikerin
- Italian: universitario universitaria
- Japanese: 大学教授
- Korean: 교수
- Portuguese: académico acadêmica
- Spanish: profesor universitario profesora universitaria, profesora universitaria
Example Sentences Including 'academic'
A LEADING academic yesterday claimed the best-selling Harry Potter children's books are sexist.Glasgow Herald (2001)
For many people, however, this question may be rather academic.PLACEBO: The Belief Effect (2003)
I listened with interest to his quasi neo-liberal rhetoric as I am an academic with a particular interest in the sociology of discourse.Glasgow Herald (2001)
In September, 1967, the board chose instead Hugo MacPherson, an academic unacquainted with film.Globe and Mail (2003)
Only those who knew her were aware that the diffident exterior concealed a brilliant academic brain.The Gospel Makers
She adds: "Obviously we do have enormous sympathy for the position of academic librarians whose budgets are under pressure.New Scientist (2004)
She could educate herself far better, she felt, outside academic constrictions.Miss Melville Regrets
The man who had done the teaching had appeared to be without any of them - dispassionate, colourless, academic.A Dead Liberty
When he left in 1994 Mgr Ledwith said he was doing so to avoid disruption in the middle of an academic year.Irish Times (2002)
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