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intercollegiate

intercollegiate

4 6.5
Happening between colleges or universities, often in sports competitions
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərkəˈliːdʒɪt/
translation icon : intercolegial
  • The participants in this study were 37 female and 47 male intercollegiate volleyball players representing Midwestern universities in the USA.
  • intercollegiate athletics
  • intercollegiate athletes
  • intercollegiate sports

Examples

  • With respect to their enjoyment of intercollegiate athletics, 67% reported that they had more fun playing their sport.

    Academic text (1992)
  • There is an abundance of literature on the condition of intercollegiate athletics.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The four coaches each had four years of intercollegiate playing experience, all as guards.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The three sites were all locations of intercollegiate swim meets held in December 1996 and January 1997.

    Academic text (1999)
  • There is no adequate recent study of intercollegiate athletics outside the Ivy League universities.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Subjects were 43 Division 1 intercollegiate football players from a large Midwest university.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The sample consisted of 340 intercollegiate athletes from nine universities in the eastern United States.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In 1972, it was reported that 90% of women's intercollegiate teams were coached by females.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Traditionally, student-athlete success in intercollegiate athletics has been evaluated based on graduation rates (Shapiro, 1984).

    Academic text (2015)
  • Many universities participate in intercollegiate competitions to showcase their athletic talent.

Synonyms

intervarsity
vsintercollegiate
  • UK
1 3.9

A competition or event held between universities

describes any activity or relation between colleges and universities rather than just events
intermural
vsintercollegiate
8.2

Happening between several schools or colleges for competitions

is limited to relations among colleges and universities, not all institutions

Antonyms

7 6.5

Happening inside a school or college for students

Surface Forms

intercollegiate positive

Morphology

intercollegiate = collegiate (transparent) = inter + college + iate

The productive prefix 'inter-' meaning 'between' added to 'collegiate' yields a directly derivable meaning 'between colleges'.

Etymology

Intercollegiate starts with inter- meaning 'between' and includes college meaning 'college' or 'school', so it describes events or activities that happen 'between colleges', like sports or debates where different universities meet.