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intramural

intramural

7 6.5
Happening inside a school or college for students
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntrəˈmjʊrəl/
: intraescolar
  • The university offers various programs, including an intramural basketball league for students.
  • intramural sports
  • intramural programs
  • intramural teams

He's a researcher for NIH, So he's intramural researcher at NIH.

Examples

  • I got to warn you, I played second-team coed intramural volleyball at Santa Cruz.

  • I was in the marching band and track; he played intramural basketball and was academically sound.

    Blog text (11)
  • I might even try the intramural swim meet in the spring if I can keep my practice going.

    Academic text (2008)
  • So it started seven or eight years ago during an intramural soccer game.

  • Each house has its own committee to plan dances, student faculty, coffee hours, and intramural sports.

  • No, my uni intramural basketball league.

  • In addition, the new program included intramural and varsity athletics.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The officials were approached prior to an intramural flag football contest they were to officiate.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The year after that, they rescheduled the start of the intramural season to coincide with tax season.

  • Students enrolled in Psychology 100 who did not compete beyond the intramural level of competition made up the nonathletic sample.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

intrasquad
vsintramural
  • Jargon
1 7.5

Happening between members of the same team during practice

applies to events across the whole institution not just within one team
intraoffice
vsintramural
1 4.4

Something that happens inside one office or company

means events inside the whole institution not only in one office space
intraclass
vsintramural
1 6.4

Happening inside the same group, like students or teams

is applied to events inside the entire institution rather than a single class
intracompany
vsintramural
1 5.7

Happening inside one company, for example between departments

describes actions inside an institution like a school rather than within one company
intragroup
vsintramural
7.2

Happening inside a group of people

is used for activities inside one institution as a whole rather than small groups
intradepartmental
vsintramural
7.0

Relates to things that happen inside one department of a company or organization

refers to activities across the whole institution not limited to one department

Antonyms

1 7.2

Held outside a school or university but organized by it

Surface Forms

intramural positive

Morphology

intramural = mural (semi-transparent) = intra + mural

The prefix 'intra-' means 'within', and 'mural' relates to walls, but the specific institutional context is not immediately obvious.

Etymology

The word intramural comes from intra- meaning 'within' and mural meaning 'wall', the same mural you know as a painting on a wall. So intramural means activities that happen 'within the walls' of a school or college, in other words inside the institution.