academicadjective
uk/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/us/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/academic adjective (STUDYING)
B2 relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking, not with practical skills:
C2 used to describe someone who is clever and enjoys studying:
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- All the candidates had excellent academic credentials.
- The school is noted for its academic excellence.
- They followed her academic progress closely.
- The university's exchange scheme has cemented its links with many other academic institutions.
- A financial scandal would shake the Institute's standing in the international academic community.
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Types of education
- adult education
- apprenticeship
- blended learning
- child-centred
- coeducation
- consciousness-raising
- continuing education
- e-learning
- educational
- educative
- further education
- heuristic
- higher
- mainstream
- mixed-ability
- nursery
- remedial
- scholarship
- secondary
- vocational
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academic adjective (IN THEORY)
based on ideas and theories and not related to practical effects in real life:
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Logic and reason
- a priori
- cerebral
- clear head
- clearly
- coherent
- conceptual
- inductive
- intellectual
- intellectualize
- lateral thinking
- logic
- pop psychology
- positivism
- positivist
- premise
- QED
- rational
- sophism
- sophistry
- unscientific
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academicnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/us/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/US or Indian English also academiciansomeone who teaches at a college, or who studies as part of their job
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University & college education
- academe
- academia
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- rector
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- trimester
- varsity
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the subjects that you study in high school or college
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Subjects & disciplines
- andragogy
- AP
- applied
- art
- biology
- bioscience
- discipline
- esp
- food technology
- hard science
- home economics
- humanity
- modern languages
- physical education
- physical sciences
- psych
- psychology
- pure
- science
- women's studies
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