Definición de 'academic

academic

(ækədemɪk )

Formas de la palabra: plural academics

1. adjetivo [ADJECTIVE noun]

Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.

Their academic standards are high.

I was terrible at school and left with few academic qualifications.

academically (ækədemɪkli ) adverbio

He is academically gifted.

I was only average academically, but was good at sports.

2. adjetivo [ADJECTIVE noun]

Academic is used to describe things that relate to schools, colleges, and universities.

...the start of the last academic year.

I'd had enough of academic life.

3. adjetivo

Academic is used to describe work, or a school, college, or university, that places emphasis on studying and reasoning rather than on practical or technical skills.

The author has settled for a more academic approach.

Different schools teach different types of syllabus, from the highly academic to the broadly vocational.

Sinónimos:scholarly, learned, intellectual, literary Más sinónimos de academic

4. adjetivo

Someone who is academic is good at studying.

The system is failing most disastrously among less academic children.

Sinónimos:studious, serious, intellectual, eager Más sinónimos de academic

5. sustantivo contable

An academic is a member of a university or college who teaches or does research.

Sinónimos:scholar, intellectual, don, student Más sinónimos de academic

6. adjetivo

You can say that a discussion or situation is academic if you think it is not important because it has no real effect or cannot happen.

This was not an academic exercise–soldiers' lives were at risk.

Such is the size of the problem that these arguments are purely academic.

Más sinónimos de academic

academic in American English

(ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ; akˌədemˈik)

adjetivo

of colleges, universities, etc.; scholastic; scholarly

having to do with general or liberal rather than technical or vocational education

of or belonging to an academy of scholars, artists, etc.

following fixed rules or conventions; pedantic or formalistic

an academic style of painting

merely theoretical; having no direct practical application

an academic question

: Also ˌacaˈdemical (ˌækəˈdɛmɪkəl ; akˌədemˈikəl)

sustantivo

a teacher or student at a college or university

Origen de la palabra 'academic

L academicus < academia: see academy

academic

(ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ) or academical (ˌækəˈdɛmɪkəl)

adjetivo

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

sustantivo

a member of a college or university

Formas derivadas

academically (ˌacaˈdemically)

adverbio

Ejemplos de frases que contienen 'academic'

Dad was more concerned with our thinking than academic success. Times, Sunday Times (2009)My preaching became more personal and less academic. Christianity Today (2000)The point at issue was in fact rather academic. Jenkins, Roy Truman (1986)We have great need for able people whether with academic or more practical skills. Times, Sunday Times (2009)That was the end of his academic career. Times, Sunday Times (2012)Many are disruptive in class because they have no aptitude for further academic studies. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Providing students feedback about their behavior as well as the adequacy of their academic performances is critical. Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)The initiative aims to teach academics and business people a series of leadership skills. The Sun (2014)This is clearly the fashionable academic subject of the moment. Times, Sunday Times (2008)It also recommends a less academic focus in the early school years. Times, Sunday Times (2010)He was a man of letters rather than an academic. The Times Literary Supplement (2014)Nor does the book offer a fresh and robust defence of academic freedom. The Times Literary Supplement (2012)Some poor learners have more difficulty than other children in applying what they know to academic work. Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)We have all found sound academic and practical training invaluable in the course of our working lives. The Sun (2008)Years of bad schooling cannot be put right at an academic university by massaging the entry requirements or providing remedial classes. Times, Sunday Times (2010)They could also include schools that mixed academic and vocational teaching as well as specialist schools such as sports or music colleges. Times, Sunday Times (2014)Within American academic circles he is a celebrity. Times, Sunday Times (2012)We support schools choosing academic selection where there's big local demand. The Sun (2016)This strange combination of academic success and off-duty hedonism continued throughout high school. Times, Sunday Times (2014)What is the university 's academic record? Times, Sunday Times (2006)Now academics are conducting research into the issue at two schools as part of a three-year experiment into social and emotional contagion. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Omega makes measuring devices and controls that go into industry, R&D departments and academic research. Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Listas de palabras

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Tendencias de 'academic

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Traducciones de 'academic'

Inglés británico: academic /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/ ADJECTIVE

Academic means relating to life or work in schools, colleges, and universities.

Their academic standards are high.

Inglés americano: academic
Árabe: أَكَادِيـمِيّ
Portugués brasileño: acadêmico
Chino: 学术的
Croata: akademski
Checo: akademický
Danés: akademisk
Holandés: academisch
Español europeo: académico
Finlandés: akateeminen
Francés: scolaire
Alemán: akademisch
Griego: ακαδημαϊκός
Italiano: accademico
Japonés: 大学の
Coreano: 학원의
Noruego: akademisk
Polaco: akademicki
Portugués: académico
Rumano: academic
Ruso: академический
Español: académico
Sueco: akademisk
Tailandés: ด้านวิชาการ
Turco: akademik
Ucraniano: академічний
Vietnamita: mang tính học thuật

Inglés británico: academic NOUN

An academic is a member of a university or college who teaches or does research.

A group of academics say they can predict house prices through a computer program.

Inglés americano: academic
Portugués brasileño: acadêmico
Chino: 学者
Español europeo: profesor universitario
Francés: universitaire
Alemán: Akademiker
Italiano: universitario
Japonés: 大学教授
Coreano: 교수
Portugués: académico
Español: profesor universitario

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Comentario de ALRifai el 9 Aug 2016

academic n. (ˌækəˈdɛmɪk). 1. an educator who works or does research at a college or university. 2. A teacher or scholar in a college or institute of higher education; scholar, academician أكَادِيمِيّ؛ مَجْمَعِيّ؛ مدرس أو باحث في كلية أو معهد للتعليم العالي

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Comentario de ALRifai el 9 Aug 2016

academic / academical adj. (ˌækəˈdɛmɪk) / (ˌækəˈdɛmɪkəl). 1. associated with academia or an academy. 2. hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; educational, scholarly, theoretical, donnish أكَادِيمِيّ؛ جامِعِيّ؛ دِرَاسِيّ؛ عِلْمِيّ؛ مَدْرَسِيّ؛ نَظَرِيّ؛ تقليدي؛ غير عملي؛ مصطلحي

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