Meaning

2 senses

  1. Of, or relating to a college, or college students; collegial.

    of or resembling or typical of a college or college students

  2. (historical)Of or relating to a collegium.

    колле́жскийkolléžskij

    коле́зькийkolézʹkyj

Examples

3 sentences

  1. She is a member of the collegiate football team.

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  2. Mary finished collegiate applications today.

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  3. The Maryland Terrapins have defeated the Siena Saints, 85-70, to reach the second round of the men's collegiate basketball tournament here in Washington.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of, or relating to a collegium:
Русский
By meaning 1
of, or relating to a collegium:

Origin

From Middle English collegiate, from Medieval Latin collēgiātus (“colleague”), from collēg

From Middle English collegiate, from Medieval Latin collēgiātus (“colleague”), from collēgium (“community, group”).

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Forms

more collegiate, most collegiate
Comparativemore collegiate Lesson
Superlativemost collegiate Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or resembling or typical of a college or college students:collegial

Word family

15 related words
Relatedcollege
Derivedcollegiate churchcollegiatelycollegiatenessextracollegiateintercollegiateintracollegiatemulticollegiatenoncollegiatepostcollegiateprecollegiatepseudocollegiatesemicollegiatesubcollegiateuncollegiate

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
collectivistcollectorB2collegeA1collideC2colliderC2colliercollision
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