academic
- adjective
- /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/
- Many universities focus on academic excellence and foster research opportunities for students.
- academic achievement
- academic performance
- academic success
At the same time, his academic challenges increase as well.
- At the same time, his academic challenges increase as well.
- This has all been done in a, a, a academic context.
- Each child's reading needs and his academic curriculum are fully integrated.
- We've moved it by academic standards, lightning speed.
- So, you know, if you look at the academic side, that's very decentralized.
- We work to help implement academic standards.
- I didn't know the level of academic discourse necessary.
- Yes, you should get more recognition or in some way academic credit for it.
- Yeah, Western usually with a ton of academic privileges and I don't have those.
- So this is super exciting and it's taking the academic world by storm.
- So Veblen is just this academic outsider.
- And they're getting that dose all through their academic careers, even in private schools, as you know.
Examples
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New technologies pose considerable challenges to academic librarians, but they also introduce new opportunities.
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First-generation students report less social and academic satisfaction as well as a lower grade point average.
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In this unique place, academic dreams become reality.
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So you had no academic goals at all?
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At the same time, his academic challenges increase as well.
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And so they need to partner with academic teams that work on those things.
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So this is super exciting and it's taking the academic world by storm.
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I wish I could have served as an academic dean for a year or two.
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We work to help implement academic standards.
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Limited research has been conducted on the relationship between academic motivation and perceived social support.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
That helps people learn
Showing careful study and deep knowledge about a subject
About education and schools
Relating to schools or universities and the study done there
Compounds
- Formal
The right of teachers and students in schools and universities to say what they think and study without outside control
A planned set of school courses in subjects like arts and sciences to prepare for college
A part of a college or university that teaches and studies one subject like biology
A certificate from a college or university that shows someone finished a course of study
- Formal
A formal robe and cap that university teachers and students wear at ceremonies like graduations
A formal connection between teachers and their students at school or university
A long loose gown worn by professors or judges on special occasions like graduation ceremonies
How Academic
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Etymology
Academic comes from academy, the name of the place where the Greek thinker Plato taught, so it connects with 'school' and higher learning. That's why academic means 'relating to schools, colleges, or scholarly activity'.