Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university.
- noun One who studies something.
- noun An attentive observer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A studious person; one who practises studying or investigation; one given to the study of books or the acquisition of knowledge: as, a student of science or of nature.
- noun A person who is engaged in a course of study, either general or special; one who studies, especially with a view to education of a higher kind; an advanced scholar or pupil: as, an academical or college student; a student of theology, law, medicine, or art.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books
- noun One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
person whostudies a particular academic subject. - noun figuratively A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
- noun A person enrolled at a
university . - noun A
schoolchild .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
- noun a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If I reason, Every student who can concentrate his attention can learn quickly, George Marston has a notable power of concentration, Therefore George Marston can learn quickly, I again break up the abstraction _student_, and the concrete fact
The Making of Arguments J. H. Gardiner
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Here he rubbed shoulders with the future leaders of the Third Reich, including Heinrich Himmler, then an agronomy student active in the fraternities, a breeding ground for the budding student nationalist movement.
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This achieves similar results, except saying hello to each student in the @student array.
Rails Wiki 2009
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The term student-athlete meant something to Shannon.
Tom Gerdy: The Death of the Student Athlete Tom Gerdy 2011
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It seems that Randy Shannon lost his job because he believed too much in the term student-athlete.
Tom Gerdy: The Death of the Student Athlete Tom Gerdy 2011
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A well-trained, prize-winning violin student is fascinated by a girl who follows her passion.
Fruits Basket Followups: Banquet, Songs to Make You Smile » Manga Worth Reading 2010
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The term student-athlete meant something to Shannon.
Tom Gerdy: The Death of the Student Athlete Tom Gerdy 2011
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It seems that Randy Shannon lost his job because he believed too much in the term student-athlete.
Tom Gerdy: The Death of the Student Athlete Tom Gerdy 2011
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Taking the idea of Donald Trump's "The Apprentice," Cynthia Newsome has designed a challenge for her students: Do the best job promoting the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and attract the most college student volunteers to sign up to mentor the 300 at-risk children waiting in the Kansas City area and earn the title "student apprentice."
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Cecil Newton wouldn't have tried to sell his kid's skills if there wasn't a market for it, and the chronic academic underachievement at some programs makes the term student-athlete'' an oxymoron on their campuses.
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