collegiate

[ kuh-lee-jit, -jee-it ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a college:

   collegiate life.

2. of, characteristic of, or intended for college students:

   collegiate clothes; a collegiate dictionary.

3. of the nature of or constituted as a college.

noun

1. (in Canada) collegiate institute.

collegiate

/ kəˈliːdʒɪɪt /

adjective

1. Alsocollegial of or relating to a college or college students
2. (of a university) composed of various colleges of equal standing

noun

1. short for collegiate institute

Other Words From

• col·legiate·ly adverb
• col·legiate·ness noun
• postcol·legiate adjective
• precol·legiate adjective
• procol·legiate adjective
• pseudo·col·legiate adjective
• quasi-col·legiate adjective
• subcol·legiate adjective
• uncol·legiate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of collegiate¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word collēgiātus. See college, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

During his memorial service, head basketball coach Tom Crean talked about Hogue’s imprint on collegiate sports.

From Washington Post

This capsule of cozy items with a collegiate feel is the first of many small collections to come, each with new products and a different vibe, available for just a limited time.

From Eater

This is particularly important when a collegiate season is only, at maximum, something like 40 games long, making the data noisy.

From FiveThirtyEight

The governing body of collegiate sports intensified conversations about Native mascots in 2001, the same year the organization banned states that fly the Confederate flag from hosting national championship events.

From FiveThirtyEight

They both played in the same collegiate system at Connecticut, though more than a decade apart.

From FiveThirtyEight

The NFL has not taken the road that the National Collegiate Athletic Association traveled in 2005.

From The Daily Beast

So I go to have both the art school experience and the American typical collegiate experience.

From The Daily Beast

I did one semester at Boulder, which was more a stereotypical, American collegiate experience.

From The Daily Beast

More than 500 colleges use a test called the Collegiate Learning Assessment to measure academic progress.

From The Daily Beast

But Rev. Jacqui Lewis, a pastor at Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan said this is not the case.

From The Daily Beast

We as heretofore, have been on the extreme; either no qualification at all, or a Collegiate education.

From Project Gutenberg

She couldn't make out what, for all the Academic and Collegiate girls whispered about it secretly at recess.

From Project Gutenberg

The senior course in our high school comprises collegiate subjects.

From Project Gutenberg

England was not going to confer its greatest collegiate honor without being permitted to pay its wider and more popular tribute.

From Project Gutenberg

After the dissolution of the collegiate establishment the church at Howden began to be neglected.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• intellectual
• scholarly
• scholastic