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academicrelating to education and scholarship, especially in a university or college

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: relating to education and scholarship, especially in a university or college

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˌækəˈdemɪk/

Korean meaning: 학문의, 학술의, 교육의

Korean pronunciation: 아카-데-믹 (강세: 데)

Example Sentences

  • My mom says playing games all day is not academic enough, but I'm researching 'advanced button-pressing techniques'!
  • The academic calendar shows that summer vacation is approaching.
  • His academic credentials are impressive, but he can't even make instant noodles properly.

academic

ADJECTIVE

//ˌækəˈdemɪk//

relating to education and scholarship, especially in a university or college

academic concept
💡 Concept

relating to education and scholarship, especially in a university or college

academic rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Academic research continues through pandemic, studying how diseases become endemic

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˌækəˈdemɪk/
🇬🇧 UK/ˌækəˈdemɪk/

🌳Etymology

Rootacadem
Suffix--ic

Origin

그리스의 철학자 플라톤이 아테네에 세운 학교 '아카데미아(Academia)'에서 유래했습니다. 이 학교는 아카데모스(Akademos)라는 영웅의 이름을 딴 숲에 있었어요.

🎵Rhyme

endemicpandemicpolemic
endemic
pandemic
polemic

🔗Collocations

academic achievement
academic year
academic research
academic performance
academic institution
academic freedom
academic discipline

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom says playing games all day is not academic enough, but I'm researching 'advanced button-pressing techniques'!

The academic calendar shows that summer vacation is approaching.

😄 Fun example

His academic credentials are impressive, but he can't even make instant noodles properly.

She decided to pursue an academic career in linguistics.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

scholarlyeducationalintellectualtheoreticalcollegiate

Antonyms

practicalappliedvocational

Related

universityscholarresearcheducationstudy

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