Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Philippines, US)A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.

    She was very mature for a sophomore and had several friends who were juniors or even seniors.

    Student im zweiten Jahr, Drittsemester, Viertsemester

    второку́рсникvtorokúrsnik, второку́рсницаvtorokúrsnica

    a second-year undergraduate

  2. (US)A three-year-old horse.

    The filly had looked promising as a sophomore, but concerns over her health had prompted the owner to pull her from the season’s early races.

Examples

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  1. I know Tom is a sophomore.

    Я знаю, що Том другокурсник.

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  2. I know that Tom is a sophomore.

    Я знаю, що Том другокурсник.

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  3. Aren't you a sophomore?

    Хіба ти не першокурсник?

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  4. I'm a sophomore.

    Я другокурсник.

    ruЯ второкурсник.

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  5. Tom is a sophomore, isn't he?

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
second-year student:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
second-year student:

Forms

plural: sophomores
Singularsophomore
Pluralsophomores

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a second-year undergraduate:soph

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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