interscholastic
- adjective
- /ˌɪntərˈskɒlɪstɪk/
- US
- The upcoming interscholastic debate tournament will feature teams from over ten different high schools.
- interscholastic athletics
- interscholastic sports
- interscholastic competition
Examples
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Several insights into the administration of interscholastic athletics were revealed within this study.
Academic text (2005) -
Third, the vast majority of interscholastic athletic directors (87%) have collateral duties in addition to their primary role.
Academic text (2005) -
In reality, resources available in interscholastic sports limit what is offered and to whom it is available.
Academic text (2003) -
The teams represented Class A through D schools, a classification for interscholastic competition based on school size.
Academic text (2003) -
The trend of increased participation by female interscholastic athletes continued into the 1980s.
Academic text (1990) -
The student-athletes participated in an interscholastic sport during the academic school year.
Academic text (1994) -
By 1986, the decline of women interscholastic coaches had been reversed.
Academic text (1990) -
But Wooten remained convinced that interscholastic athletics was where he wanted to be.
Academic text (2004) -
A seventh-grade student, James Acton, who wanted to play interscholastic football, refused to sign the consent form.
Academic text (2000) -
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if gender bias existed within the job announcements for interscholastic athletic administrators.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
Held between two or more schools, often for competitions
Happening between several schools or colleges for competitions
Surface Forms
Morphology
interscholastic = scholastic (transparent) = inter + scholastic
The productive prefix 'inter-' (between) combines with 'scholastic' (relating to schools) to give the clear meaning 'between schools' (e.g., competitions involving multiple schools).
Etymology
Interscholastic breaks into inter- 'between' and scholastic 'of schools', and scholastic is from the same root as school. So interscholastic describes events or competitions that happen 'between schools'.