| 单词 | intercollegiate |
| 释义 | intercollegiate (once / 14756 pages) adj Something that's intercollegiate occurs between different colleges. At an intercollegiate debate competition, there are teams from many schools competing against each other. You'll almost always find the adjective intercollegiate describing sports, or occasionally scholarly rivalries, between colleges or universities. An intercollegiate baseball association is made up of teams from many different colleges, and an intercollegiate lacrosse tournament also includes a variety of schools. Intercollegiate is made up of inter-, "among or between," and collegiate, from Medieval Latin collegiatus, "pertaining to a college." WORD FAMILYcollegiate: collegiately, intercollegiate USAGE EXAMPLESThe school named Barnes vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics Thursday. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) The Maroon Tigers, members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, made just one of eight 3-point attempts before intermission. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) The Huskies return to competition Jan. 23-24 at the Arizona Intercollegiate in Tucson. Seattle Times(Nov 09, 2016) adj used of competition between colleges or universities intercollegiate basketball Syn extramural carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community |
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