sophomore
149
3.2
- noun
- /ˈsɑːfəmɔːr/
- US
:
estudiante de segundo año
- All participants in the current study were sophomores, juniors, or seniors.
- freshmen and sophomores
- sophomore year
- college sophomores
Let's see, we're sophomores in high school.
- Let's see, we're sophomores in high school.
- So this is like, wait, I was a sophomore.
- It says, hello, my name is Carson, and I am a sophomore at Jefferson Forest High School in Lynchburg, VA.
- He's a sophomore and we went to Goose to go see Goose the band.
Examples
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I told you I was a sophomore.
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A group of college freshmen and sophomores served as the judges of the same stimulus persons.
Academic text (1993) -
And I think at this point, he is done with his sophomore year of college.
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So I stayed with my mom from my sophomore year to my senior year.
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Back to high school when Danny was a sophomore and Tony was a senior.
Fiction book (1995) -
My freshman and sophomore years, we did stuff every day, but it was fun.
Academic text (2011) -
And so I ditched basketball my sophomore year, completely focused on football.
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Overall, objective exams are commonly used in freshman and sophomore-level courses at Community Colleges X and Y.
Academic text (2008) -
Yeah, she's a sophomore.
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As a sophomore at the university, she started to focus on her major subjects more seriously.
Synonyms
3
8.1
An informal word for a student in their second year at college or university
Compounds
How Advanced
- US
75
2.5
- US
145
2.3
- US
140
2.4
- US
149
3.2
- US
202
2.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sophomore comes from the Greek parts sophos and moros, meaning 'wise' and 'fool'. The phrase 'wise fool' gives a clear picture: a student with some knowledge but still a bit inexperienced, which fits a second-year college student.