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noncollegiate

noncollegiate

6.5
Not connected to a college or university
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.kəˈliː.dʒɪt/
translation icon : 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
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
6.1

Not connected with university study or school work

focuses on absence of ties with higher education organizations rather than study suitability
nonscholastic
vsnoncollegiate
7.0

Not related to school or formal learning

applies to lack of connection with higher education organizations rather than content relation
nonscholarly
vsnoncollegiate
5.3

Not academic or related to formal study

focuses on absence of ties with higher education organizations rather than research relation

Antonyms

34 4.6

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

How Collegiate

collegiate
34 4.6
academic
383 4.2
affiliated
1 4.6
independent
23 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.