sophomore class
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈsɑːfəmɔːr klæs/
- US
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clase de segundo año
- In addition to being sophomore class president, he was a peer counselor, high scorer of the varsity basketball team the past winter, and now he was the wunderkind of the baseball team.
- freshman and sophomore class
So I I ran for sophomore class president and I lost.
- So I I ran for sophomore class president and I lost.
Examples
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Do you want me to teach your sophomore class for you?
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If Harvard is to come close to repeating last season's run, it will need big contributions from its sophomore class, including forwards Kenyatta Smith and Steve Moundou-Missi.
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So I I ran for sophomore class president and I lost.
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According to the Class of 2015 profile released by the Admissions Office, approximately 55 percent of the sophomore class attended public high schools.
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In turn, the women of the college sophomore class composed their own poem for their younger female counterparts:
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VP: You're also the dean of the sophomore class.
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She vowed to continue representing the sophomore class, even if she has to do it alone.
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Each fall, about 400 female and 400 male students choose to rush Panhellenic sororities and Inter-Fraternity Council fraternities, including about 75 percent of the sophomore class.
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The sophomore class organized a charity event to raise money for local shelters.
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In the sophomore class, students start taking more specialized courses tailored to their interests.
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the group of students in the second year' is directly and compositionally derived from 'sophomore' (a second-year student) combined with 'class' (a group of students). This noun–noun combination follows a regular, cross-linguistically common compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The term sophomore class comes from a word made of sophos and moros, meaning 'wise' and 'fool'. One popular idea is that second-year students seem more confident but still have more to learn, so sophomore class now means the group of students in their second year.