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intercollegiate

intercollegiate

5 6.5
Happening between colleges or universities, often in sports competitions
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərkəˈliːdʒɪt/
: intercolegial
  • The participants in this study were 37 female and 47 male intercollegiate volleyball players representing Midwestern universities in the USA.
  • intercollegiate athletics
  • intercollegiate athletes
  • intercollegiate sports

Examples

  • With respect to their enjoyment of intercollegiate athletics, 67% reported that they had more fun playing their sport.

    Academic text (1992)
  • There is an abundance of literature on the condition of intercollegiate athletics.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The four coaches each had four years of intercollegiate playing experience, all as guards.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The three sites were all locations of intercollegiate swim meets held in December 1996 and January 1997.

    Academic text (1999)
  • There is no adequate recent study of intercollegiate athletics outside the Ivy League universities.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Subjects were 43 Division 1 intercollegiate football players from a large Midwest university.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The sample consisted of 340 intercollegiate athletes from nine universities in the eastern United States.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In 1972, it was reported that 90% of women's intercollegiate teams were coached by females.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Traditionally, student-athlete success in intercollegiate athletics has been evaluated based on graduation rates (Shapiro, 1984).

    Academic text (2015)
  • Many universities participate in intercollegiate competitions to showcase their athletic talent.

Synonyms

intermural
vsintercollegiate
1 8.2

Happening between several schools or colleges for competitions

is limited to relations among colleges and universities, not all institutions
intervarsity
vsintercollegiate
  • UK
1 3.9

A competition or event held between universities

describes any activity or relation between colleges and universities rather than just events

Antonyms

7 6.5

Happening inside a school or college for students

Surface Forms

intercollegiate positive

Morphology

intercollegiate = collegiate (transparent) = inter + college + iate

The productive prefix 'inter-' meaning 'between' added to 'collegiate' yields a directly derivable meaning 'between colleges'.

Etymology

Intercollegiate starts with inter- meaning 'between' and includes college meaning 'college' or 'school', so it describes events or activities that happen 'between colleges', like sports or debates where different universities meet.