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noun (Plural: salutatorians)
- The person who graduates high school with the second highest GPA and is thus gives a salutatorian's address during the graduation ceremony.
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| salutatory |
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noun (Plural: salutatories)
- A greeting or an address or speech of greeting.
adjective - Referring to a salutation,a greeting.
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| scholarly |
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adjective
- of, or related to scholars or scholarship
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| scholarship |
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noun
- a grant-in-aid to a student
- the character or quality, qualities of a scholar
- activity, methods or attainments of a scholar
- the body of knowledge accrued by study or research in a certain field
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| scholastic |
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noun
- a philosopher who works within the tradition of scholasticism
adjective
- relating to school; academic
- This award is for the greatest scholastic achievement by a graduating student.
- (Philosophy:) relating to the philosophical tradition or school of scholasticism
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| school |
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noun
- (context, US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
- Our children attend a public in our neighborhood.
- ''Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary .
- An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
- Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
- We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
- (italbrac, considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
- These economists belong to the monetarist .
- A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
- The divers encountered a huge of mackerel.
- The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
- I'll see you after .
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| school age |
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noun
- An age of a person when attending lower-level schools is customary. The period in a one's life when one is legally required to attend school.
- He's no school-aged child; he's in college now.
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| school board |
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noun
- A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a school district and represent the interests of residents.
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| schoolbook |
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noun (Plural: schoolbooks)
- A textbook, a book used, or prepared for use, in school.
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| schoolfellow |
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noun
- someone who goes to the same school; a schoolmate
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| schooling |
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noun
- training or instruction
- education
- the training of a horse at dressage
verb
- (present participle of, school)
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| schoolmaster |
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noun - The person in charge of a school.
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| schoolwork |
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noun - Work done for school, including both in class and homework.
- I'm 40, but now that I'm back going for my degree I'm swamped with .
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| secondary school |
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noun
- In the UK, a state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18.
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| secular |
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adjective
- not specifically religious
- not bound by the vows of a monastic order
- clergy in Catholicism
- temporal; something that is worldly or otherwise not based on something timeless
- happening from age to age, as the secular games of ancient Rome
- (rfd-sense) short-term (term used in finance)
- long-term.
- The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most trends in economic phenomena.
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| semester |
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noun
- Half of a school year such as fall or spring semester
- I will graduate at the end of the spring .
- A term divided in two
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| seminar |
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noun
- A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
- A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.
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| seminary |
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noun
- a theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers
- a private residential school for girls
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| senior |
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noun
- an older person
- four years her
- a final-year student at a high school or university.
adjective
- older
- Higher in rank within a publicly traded company or other organization.
- of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school or university.
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| session |
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noun
- A period devoted to a particular activity; a training session.
- A meeting of a council, court, or legislative body to conduct its buisness.
- (computing) Used in reference to web applications, a session is the sequence of interactions between the server and a user. A users session can store persistent data between different web pages. For instance, a person might login to a site on one page, then go on using other pages on the site. The login step begins a session where the server tracks information about that specific user. Sessions typically expire after a set time of non-interaction and are removed from the server's memory.
- (cricket) A period of play in which the players only leave the field at a change of innings; the three sessions are between start of play, lunch, tea and close of play
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| skip |
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noun
- A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
- An open-topped rubbish bin, ranging in size from perhaps 1.5x1.5 metres up to 6x3 metres, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents. See also skep.
- (slang) An Australian person of Anglo-Celtic descent. Used by people of southern European descent (those who the "skips" in turn call "wogs"), not used by Anglo Australians themselves. Usually taken to be from w:Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and not of itself insulting (though might be used as such).
- 2001: Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she? <br> Barber: She is Australian.<br> Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you. <br> — w:Mary Coustas, Mary Coustas as her character w:Effie, Effie, TV series Effie: Just Quietly, 2001, episode Nearest and Dearest
- (curling)The player who call the shots, calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks
- Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship.
verb (skip, p, ed)
- To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- To leap about lightly.
- To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- To omit or disregard intermediate items or stages.
- my heart just skipped a beat.
- To place an item in a skip.
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| socialize |
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verb (socializ, ing)
- (intransitive) To interact with others
- (transitive) To instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society
- (transitive) To take into collective or governmental ownership
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| sophomore |
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noun
- A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.
- She was very mature for a and had several friends who were juniors or even seniors.
- (context, horse-racing) A three year old horse.
- The filly had looked promising as a , but concerns over her health had prompted the owner to pull her from the season's early races.
adjective
- The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist's albums or the second of four years in a secondary or post-secondary school.
- The band's album built upon the success of their debut release, catapulting them to megastardom.
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| sophomoric |
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adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore
- conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
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| spell |
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noun
- words or a formula supposed to have magical powers; a magical incantation.
- he cast a to cure warts.
- a magical effect induced by an incantation or formula.
- under a
- a relatively short period of time of indeterminate length.
- We"re in the midst of a cold .
- He had a of bad luck.
- (cricket) an uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler
- (horseracing) time off from competition
verb (spells, spelling, spelled or spelt)
- to comprise a word, as the letters "a", "n" and "d" spell "and".
- to write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
- to mean, indicate or signify
- This spells trouble.
- to work in place of someone else; to relieve.
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| speller |
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noun
- A person who spells (words).
- I'm a good speller.
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| stipend |
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noun
- a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance
- My for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.
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| student |
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noun
- A person who study, studies a particular academic subject.
- A of philosophy.
- (figuratively) A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not.
- He is a of life.
- A person enrolled at a university.
- The students were out raising funds for rag week.
- (context, especially, US) A schoolchild.
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| study |
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noun (studies)
- The act of acquiring knowledge on a subject through concentration.
- The study of languages is fascinating.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
verb (stud, i, ed)
- To acquire knowledge on a subject through concentration on prepared learning materials.
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| subject |
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noun
- (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the and the actor are usually the same.
- "In the sentence "The mouse is eaten by the cat in the kitchen.", "The mouse" is the , "the cat" being the agent."
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, etc.
- A particular area of study.
- Her favorite is physics.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- I am a British .
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority
verb
- (followed by to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
adjective
- Pertaining to a person or people who are ruled by another.
- The Roman Empire ruled many territories.
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| summer school |
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noun
- any of various academic sessions held in the summer at schools or universities when the usual students are away; either for supplementary or remedial study or as part of distance learning
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| supervisor |
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noun
- (management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group.
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