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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
academic/akəˈdemɪk/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to education and scholarship.
■ scholarly rather than technical or practical.
- 2 (of an art form) conventional in an idealized or excessively formal way.
- 3 not related to a real or practical situation and therefore irrelevant.
– derivatives
academically adverb.
academically adverb.
'academic' also found in these Oxford entries:
academia
- academician
- act
- art history
- assistant professor
- associate professor
- bachelor
- cap
- clearing
- CNAA
- colloquium
- consilience
- degree
- gap year
- gown
- graduand
- graduate
- grammar school
- incept
- intercalary
- intersession
- midterm
- moderate
- moot
- mortar board
- multidisciplinary
- musicology
- numerus clausus
- Phi Beta Kappa
- political economy
- pop
- popularize
- professor
- read
- referee
- regent
- re-mark
- scholar
- scholarly
- scholarship
- study
- supra
- symposium
- take
- title
- trimester
- unacademic
- university
- viva
Forum discussions with the word(s) "academic" in the title:
'fellow' in an academic setting / in a professional group
a note from the dean put me on academic probation?
A rule concerning academic proper nouns
a wealth of academic success including (obtaining)
academic
Academic
academic address?
Academic background
Academic background or backgrounds
academic career
academic course
academic excellence / academic record
academic grounds
academic group projects or group academic projects?
academic hour
Academic Leader
academic note
Academic painter
academic phrase for "take a closer look at"
academic progress
Academic Qualifications
academic question
academic ranking
Academic research fields - names
academic smile
academic standing/ranking had been sufficient
Academic tenure
academic voice/tone
academic vs educational
academic work
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a note from the dean put me on academic probation?
A rule concerning academic proper nouns
a wealth of academic success including (obtaining)
academic
Academic
academic address?
Academic background
Academic background or backgrounds
academic career
academic course
academic excellence / academic record
academic grounds
academic group projects or group academic projects?
academic hour
Academic Leader
academic note
Academic painter
academic phrase for "take a closer look at"
academic progress
Academic Qualifications
academic question
academic ranking
Academic research fields - names
academic smile
academic standing/ranking had been sufficient
Academic tenure
academic voice/tone
academic vs educational
academic work
more...
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