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noncollegiate

noncollegiate

6.5
Not connected to a college or university
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.kəˈliː.dʒɪt/
: no colegial
  • The purpose of this study was to examine eating disorders, performance-related injuries, menstrual dysfunction, exercise time, calcium intake, and orientation to exercise among undergraduate female collegiate athletes (n = 37) and noncollegiate athletes (n = 18).
  • noncollegiate athletes

Examples

  • Scores for competition were significantly different between collegiate athletes and noncollegiate athletes (p = .0424) with collegiate athletes having higher scores (M = 17.12) than noncollegiate athletes (M = 15.76).

    Academic text (2004)
  • For identity, significant differences were found among the collegiate athletes and noncollegiate athletes.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Eleven percent of the noncollegiate athletes and 8.6% of the collegiate athletes reported they previously or currently perceived they had an eating disorder.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Almost nine percent (8.6%) of the collegiate and 11.1% of the noncollegiate athletes responded "yes."

    Academic text (2004)
  • This enriched the self-proclaimed "nontraditional" attitudes of community colleges; but, in embracing nontraditional or noncollegiate programs in an attempt to be absolutely comprehensive, too many community colleges with limited facilities and resources took on too much.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Almost sixty-eight percent (67.6%) of the collegiate athletes and 27.9% of the noncollegiate athletes reported previous stress fractures or performance-related injuries.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Collegiate athletes reported a higher daily calcium intake (M = 2058.80 mg) than noncollegiate athletes (M = 1512.10 mg, p = .0228).

    Academic text (2004)
  • Scores for competition were significantly different between collegiate athletes and noncollegiate athletes (p = .0424) with collegiate athletes having higher scores (M = 17.12) than noncollegiate athletes (M = 15.76).

    Academic text (2004)
  • The coach held a special training session for noncollegiate athletes to help them improve their skills.

  • Many noncollegiate sports programs offer opportunities for athletes who are not enrolled in college.

Synonyms

noninstitutional
vsnoncollegiate
1 7.6

Not part of a formal organization like a hospital or school

refers specifically to lack of connection with higher education organizations
nonaffiliated
vsnoncollegiate
1 5.9

Not connected to any group, organization, or political party

applies specifically to absence of ties with higher education rather than any group
unacademic
vsnoncollegiate
1 6.1

Not connected with university study or school work

focuses on absence of ties with higher education organizations rather than study suitability
nonscholarly
vsnoncollegiate
1 5.3

Not academic or related to formal study

focuses on absence of ties with higher education organizations rather than research relation
nonscholastic
vsnoncollegiate
1 7.0

Not related to school or formal learning

applies to lack of connection with higher education organizations rather than content relation

Antonyms

43 4.6

Relating to a college, its students, and student life there

How Collegiate

collegiate
43 4.6
academic
400 4.2
affiliated
88 4.6
independent
6 4.2
noncollegiate
6.5

Surface Forms

noncollegiate positive

Morphology

noncollegiate = collegiate (transparent) = non + collegiate

Clear negative prefix 'non-' attached to the adjective 'collegiate', yielding the literal sense 'not collegiate'.

Etymology

Noncollegiate is an adjective built from non- meaning 'not' and college meaning 'a school', so it describes something that is not connected to a college or university.