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Word student
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈstjuːdnt / NAmE / ˈstuːdnt /
Example
  • a medical/science, etc. student
  • a graduate/postgraduate/research student
  • an overseas student
  • a student teacher/nurse
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student

(noun)BrE / ˈstjuːdnt / NAmE / ˈstuːdnt /
  1. a person who is studying at a university or college
    • see also mature student
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mature-student
    • a medical/science, etc. student
    • a graduate/postgraduate/research student
    • an overseas student
    • a student teacher/nurse
    • a student grant/loan (= money that is given/lent to students to pay for their studies)
    • student fees (= to pay for the cost of teaching)
    • She's a student at Sussex University.
    • a dramatic increase in student numbers
    • He's a third-year student at the College of Art.
    • I did some acting in my student days.
    • a high school graduate
    • a graduate student.
  2. a person who is studying at a school, especially a secondary school
    • compare pupil
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pupil
    • a 15-year-old high school student
    • Students are required to be in school by 8.30.
    • Any high school student could tell you the answer.
    • The school has over 850 pupils.
    • Since she was a schoolgirl she had dreamed of going on the stage.
  3. a person who is very interested in a particular subject
    • a keen student of human nature

    Extra Examples

    • He often takes part in student demonstrations.
    • He studied metallurgy as a mature student, having spent ten years working in a foundry.
    • I first came to America as an exchange student.
    • I’m thoroughly enjoying student life.
    • Ninety-four students were enrolled in the class.
    • She first went to London as a student.
    • She had to take out a student loan to help her through college.
    • She studied metallurgy as a mature student.
    • She travelled a lot in her student days.
    • She’s a former student of mine who graduated in the 80s.
    • Student numbers at the college have increased by 25 per cent.
    • The students are encouraged to think creatively.
    • one of the best students the college has ever had
    • taking part in a student demonstration
    • teachers who engage students in meaningful discussions
    • Any high school student could tell you the answer.
    • Disruptive students may be excluded from school.
    • He was a deeply observant man, a close student of the natural world.
    • He was an outstanding student.
    • I was always a straight A-student.
    • Older students do not have to wear school uniform.
    • She’s a keen student of human nature.
    • Student drivers often grip the wheel too tightly.
    • Students are required to be in school by 8.30am.
    • The more able students should manage these exercises easily.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Latin student- ‘applying oneself to’, from the verb studere, related to studium ‘painstaking application’.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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