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ac·a·dem·ic
(ăk′ə-dĕm′ĭk)adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to institutionalized education and scholarship, especially at a college or university.
b. Of or relating to studies that rely on reading and involve abstract thought rather than being primarily practical or technical.
c. Relating to scholarly performance: a student's academic average.
2. Academic Of or relating to the conservative style of art promoted by an official academy, especially the Académie des Beaux Arts in France in the nineteenth century.
3. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: dismissed the article as a dry, academic exercise.
4. Having no important consequence or relevancy: The debate about who is to blame has become academic because the business has left town.
n.
1. A faculty member or scholar at an institution of higher learning, such as a university.
2. One who has an academic viewpoint or a scholarly background.
ac′a·dem′i·cal·ly adv.
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academic
(ˌækəˈdɛmɪk) (ˌækəˈdɛmɪkəl) oracademical
adj
1. (Education) belonging or relating to a place of learning, esp a college, university, or academy
2. of purely theoretical or speculative interest: an academic argument.
3. excessively concerned with intellectual matters and lacking experience of practical affairs
4. (esp of a schoolchild) having an aptitude for study
5. conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional: an academic painter.
6. (Education) relating to studies such as languages, philosophy, and pure science, rather than applied, technical, or professional studies
n
(Education) a member of a college or university
ˌacaˈdemically adv
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ac•a•dem•ic
(ˌæk əˈdɛm ɪk)adj. Also, ac`a•dem′i•cal.
1. of or pertaining to a school, esp. one for higher education.
2. of or pertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics.
3. theoretical or hypothetical; not practical or directly useful: an academic question.
4. learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality.
5. conforming to set rules, standards, or traditions; conventional: academic painting.
n. 6. a student or teacher at a college or university.
7. a person who is academic in background, attitudes, methods, etc.
8. academics, academic studies or subjects.
[1580–90; < Latin < Greek]
ac`a•dem′i•cal•ly, adv.
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academic
A person who is a member of a college, university, or other institution of higher education.
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Noun | 1. | academic - an educator who works at a college or university |
Adj. | 1. | academic - associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns" |
2. | academic - hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question" theoretical - concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics" | |
3. | academic - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects scholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude" |
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academic
adjective
1. scholastic, school, university, college, educational, campus, collegiate the country's richest and most famous academic institutions
2. scholarly, learned, intellectual, literary, erudite, highbrow, studious, lettered, swotty (Brit. informal) The author has settled for a more academic approach.
3. studious, serious, intellectual, eager, hard-working, scholarly, thoughtful, earnest, reflective, diligent, meditative, bookish, assiduous, swotty (Brit. informal), sedulous The system is failing less academic children.
4. theoretical, ideal, abstract, speculative, hypothetical, impractical, notional, conjectural These arguments are purely academic.
noun
1. scholar, intellectual, don, student, master, professor, fellow, pupil, lecturer, tutor, scholastic, bookworm, man of letters, egghead (informal), savant, academician, bluestocking (usually disparaging), schoolman He is an academic who believes in winning through argument.
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academic
adjective1. Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters:
2. Concerned primarily with theories rather than practical matters:
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Translations
أكَادِيمِيأَكَادِيـمِيّكُلِّيَة، جَامِعه
akademický
akademisk
akateeminenyliopistollinenakateemikko
akademski
egyetemi
háskóla-, fræîilegurháskólakennari
大学の
학원의
akademickývysokoškolský učiteľ
akademski
akademisk
ด้านวิชาการ
mang tính học thuật
academic
[ˌækəˈdemɪk]A. ADJ
1. (Scol, Univ) [ability, qualifications, achievement] → académico
academic standards were high → los niveles académicos eran buenos
in academic circles → en círculos universitarios
academic freedom → libertad f de cátedra
academic journal → revista f dirigida a académicos
academic staff → profesorado m, personal m docente
the academic world → el mundo académico
academic standards were high → los niveles académicos eran buenos
in academic circles → en círculos universitarios
academic freedom → libertad f de cátedra
academic journal → revista f dirigida a académicos
academic staff → profesorado m, personal m docente
the academic world → el mundo académico
2. (= scholarly) → intelectualmente dotado
an exam for academic children → un examen para niños intelectualmente dotados
an exam for academic children → un examen para niños intelectualmente dotados
B. N → académico/a m/f, profesor(a) m/f universitario/a
C. CPD academic advisor N (US) → jefe mf de estudios
academic dean N (US) → decano/a m/f
academic dress N → vestidura f universitaria
academic gown N → toga f
academic officers NPL (US) → personal m docente
academic rank N (US) → rango m académico
academic year N (Univ) → año m académico (Scol) → año m escolar
academic dean N (US) → decano/a m/f
academic dress N → vestidura f universitaria
academic gown N → toga f
academic officers NPL (US) → personal m docente
academic rank N (US) → rango m académico
academic year N (Univ) → año m académico (Scol) → año m escolar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
academic
[ˌækəˈdɛmɪk] adj
(relating to universities) [standard, achievement, research, career, qualifications] → universitaire
academic freedom → liberté f académique
academic freedom → liberté f académique
(relating to schools) [standard, achievement, qualifications] → scolaire
(= irrelevant) [issue, question, argument] → théorique
n → universitaire mfacademic advisor n (US) → directeur/trice m/f d'études
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academic
adj
→ akademisch; publisher, reputation → wissenschaftlich; academic advisor (US) → Studienberater(in) m(f); academic dean (US) → Dekan(in) m(f); academic officers (US) → akademisches Personal; academic year → akademisches Jahr, Studienjahr nt
(= intellectual) approach, quality, interest → wissenschaftlich; interests → geistig; person, appearance → intellektuell; style, book → akademisch
(= theoretical) → akademisch; out of academic interest → aus rein akademischem Interesse; since the decision has already been made the discussion is purely academic → da die Entscheidung schon getroffen wurde, ist das eine (rein) akademische Diskussion
n → Akademiker(in) m(f); (Univ) → Universitätslehrkraft f
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academic
[ˌækəˈdɛmɪk]1. adj
a. (Univ) → accademico/a, universitario/a; (intellectual) → intellettuale
academic life → vita universitaria
academic subjects → materie fpl umanistiche e scientifiche
academic life → vita universitaria
academic subjects → materie fpl umanistiche e scientifiche
2. n → docente m/f universitario/a, universitario/a
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academy
(əˈkӕdəmi) – plural aˈcademies – noun1. a higher school for special study. Academy of Music.
2. a society to encourage science, art etc. The Royal Academy.
3. a type of senior school.
academic (ӕkəˈdemik) adjective of or concerning study especially in schools, colleges etc. an academic career.
noun a university or college teacher.
academic ˈyear noun that part of the year when students go to school, college or university. The academic year ends in June.
acaˈdemically (ӕkəˈde-) adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
academic
→ أَكَادِيـمِيّ akademický akademisk akademisch ακαδημαϊκός académico akateeminen scolaire akademski accademico 大学の 학원의 academisch akademisk akademicki académico, acadêmico академический akademisk ด้านวิชาการ akademik mang tính học thuật 学术的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009