单词 | coeducational |
释义 | coeducational (once / 54467 pages) adj Use the adjective coeducational to describe something that includes or allows both boys and girls. A coeducational summer camp, for example, has both male and female campers. Schools that aren't coeducational are known as "single-sex." Many women's colleges have begun admitting men over the years, gradually becoming coeducational. The most common way to use the word is to abbreviate it as "coed" or "co-ed." The adjective coeducational has been around since the 1880's, which is around the same time that many United States colleges and universities, previously open only to men, started accepting female students. WORD FAMILYcoeducational: coeducationally+/coeducate: coeducated/educate: co-educate, coeducate, educated, educates, educating, education, educative, educator/educated: self-educated, undereducated, uneducated/education: coeducation, educational, educationalist, educationist, educations, self-education/educational: coeducational, educationally/educationalist: educationalists/educationist: educationists/educative: educatively/educator: educators USAGE EXAMPLES“If Princeton becomes coeducational I will cease permanently all contributions to Annual Giving,” wrote a member of the Class of 1933. Washington Post(Oct 14, 2016) Just three years later, he was vindicated when Haverford became fully coeducational. Washington Post(Sep 10, 2016) Westminster is a coeducational institution with 390 boarding and day students. Washington Times(Jun 11, 2016) adj attended by members of both sexes Syn co-ed integrated not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups |
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