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collegiately

collegiately

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In a way that involves college students or teams
  • adverb
  • /kəˈliːdʒɪətli/
translation icon : a nivel universitario
  • The conference will bring together students who have participated collegiately in various sports.
  • play collegiately

Examples

  • Collegiately, I am from Ohio, so I was raised on Ohio State football.

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  • Sherer played collegiately at Ball State University.

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  • Ayanna competed collegiately at Louisiana Tech University.

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  • DeMeyer added that Erickson's hard work will provide the senior with the opportunity to play football collegiately if he chooses.

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  • So many players who played collegiately at other schools were donning Iowa gold and black for the Nite Hawks.

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  • Mavericks forward Troy Murphy played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.

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  • Novak is a long-time rower, having been on crew teams through high school, college, and now post-collegiately.

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  • Jefferson's friends tried to convince her to play collegiately close to home, and she said she really didn't think much about playing for UConn until the final two months of recruiting.

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  • Many aspiring athletes choose to compete collegiately to gain exposure and experience.

  • She hopes to play volleyball collegiately next year after high school.

Surface Forms

collegiately positive

Morphology

collegiately = collegiate (transparent) = college + ate + ly

Regular adverbial formation from 'collegiate' indicating manner relating to college activities or students; meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Collegiately comes from college, which means a 'school' or place for students. So something done collegiately can be done in the way colleges or students do it, for example in student competitions or college activities.