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stu·dent

(sto͞od′nt, styo͞od′-)

1. One who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university.

a. One who studies something: a student of contemporary dance.

b. An attentive observer: a student of world affairs.

[Middle English, alteration (influenced by Latin studēre, to study) of studient, studiant, from Old French estudiant, one who studies, from present participle of estudier, to study, from Medieval Latin studiāre, from Latin studium, study; see study.]

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student

(ˈstjuːdənt)

1. (Education)

a. a person following a course of study, as in a school, college, university, etc

b. (as modifier): student teacher.

2. (Education) a person who makes a thorough study of a subject

[C15: from Latin studēns diligent, from studēre to be zealous; see study]

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stu•dent

(ˈstud nt, ˈstyud-)

n.

1. a person formally engaged in learning, esp. one enrolled in an institution of secondary or higher education.

2. any person who studies, investigates, or examines thoughtfully: a student of human nature.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin student-, s. of studēns, present participle of studēre to take pains (see -ent)]

student

educand - A student.
grammatist - A student of grammar.
oenologist - A "student of wine."
civilian - First a student or practitioner of civil law.

student

1. 'student'

In British English, a student is usually someone who is studying or training at a university or college.

The doctor was accompanied by a medical student.

They met when they were students at Edinburgh University.

In American English, anyone who studies at a school, college, or university can be referred to as a student. People studying at a school are also sometimes called students in British English.

She teaches math to high school students.

Not enough secondary school students are learning a foreign language.

2. 'schoolchildren'

In British English, children attending schools are often referred to generally as schoolchildren, schoolboys, or schoolgirls.

Each year the museum is visited by thousands of schoolchildren.

A group of schoolgirls were walking along the road.

3. 'pupils'

In Britain, the children attending a particular school are usually referred to as its pupils.

The school has more than 1300 pupils.

Some pupils' behaviour was causing concern.

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Noun	1.	student - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution educatee, pupil art student - someone studying to be an artist auditor - a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit catechumen, neophyte - a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist college boy, college man, collegian - a student (or former student) at a college or university crammer - a student who crams enrollee - a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study Etonian - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College Ivy Leaguer - a student or graduate at an Ivy League school law student - a student in law school major - a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major" medical student, medico - a student in medical school nonreader - a student who is very slow in learning to read overachiever - a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated passer - a student who passes an examination scholar - a student who holds a scholarship seminarian, seminarist - a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) sixth-former - a student in the sixth form skipper - a student who fails to attend classes nonachiever, underachiever, underperformer - a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates withdrawer - a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled Wykehamist - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College teacher-student relation - the academic relation between teachers and their students
	2.	student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines bookman, scholar, scholarly person intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively academician, schoolman - a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation alumna, alumnus, graduate, grad, alum - a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) Arabist - a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture bibliographer - someone trained in compiling bibliographies bibliophile, book lover, booklover - someone who loves (and usually collects) books Kabbalist, Cabalist - a student of the Jewish Kabbalah Dr., doctor - a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution; "she is a doctor of philosophy in physics" goliard - a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs historian, historiographer - a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it humanist - a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts learned person, pundit, savant, initiate - someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field Islamist - a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies licentiate - holds a license (degree) from a (European) university Masorete, Masorite, Massorete - a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah) master - someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution mujtihad - an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts musicologist - a student of musicology bookworm, pedant, scholastic - a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit philomath - a lover of learning philosopher - a specialist in philosophy post doc, postdoc - a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree reader - a person who enjoys reading Renaissance man - a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics generalist, Renaissance man - a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests; "a statistician has to be something of a generalist" salutatorian, salutatory speaker - a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises scholiast - a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) medieval Schoolman, Schoolman - a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism Shakespearean, Shakespearian - a Shakespearean scholar Sinologist - a student of Chinese history and language and culture theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer - someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology valedictorian, valedictory speaker - the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement Vedist - a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas

student

noun

1. undergraduate, scholar, postgraduate, fresher (Brit. informal), tutee a 23-year-old medical student

2. pupil, scholar, schoolchild, schoolboy or schoolgirl She's a former student of the school.

3. learner, observer, trainee, apprentice, disciple a passionate student of history

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student

noun

One who is being educated:

learner, pupil, scholar.

Translations

تِلْميذطالبطَالِبطالِبطالِب يَدْرُسُ موضوعا ما

studentstudujícížák

studerendeelevstudent

Student Studentin Schüler Schülerin Studierende

φοιτητής φοιτητικός φοιτήτρια μαθητής σπουδαστής

estudiante alumno pupilo alumna

õppijaüliõpilane

opiskelijatutkijaylioppilas

étudiant élève étudiante

סטודנט

छात्रविद्यार्थि

student

diák-fõiskolai hallgatóhallgató

áhugamaîur um, -skoîarinámsmaîurnemandistúdent

studente studioso studentesco studentessa allievo

学生

학생

moksleivisstudentasstudijuojantis žmogus

interesentspētnieksskolēnsstudents

student studente

student sykepleierelev praksiselev

student studentka

estudante

studentstudentă

студент учащийся студентка учащиеся слушатель

študentštudentskýštudujúci

dijakštudent

studentstudentska

mwanafunzi

นักเรียน

öğrenci

چھاترطالب الم

sinh viênhọc sinh

学生学者

student

[ˈstjuːdənt]

A. N (Scol) → alumno/a m/f (Univ) → estudiante mf, universitario/a m/f; (= researcher) → investigador(a) m/f
a law/medical student → un(a) estudiante de derecho/medicina
French student (by nationality) → estudiante mf francés/esa; (by subject) → estudiante mf de francés
he is a student of bird life → es un estudioso de las aves

B. CPD [life, unrest, attitude] → estudiantil
student body N [of school] → alumnado m; [of university] → estudiantado m
student driver N (US) persona que está sacando el carnet de conducir
student grant N → beca f
student loan N → crédito m personal para estudiantes
student nurse N → estudiante mf de enfermería
student teacher N (studying, at college) → estudiante mf de magisterio; (doing teaching practice, in secondary school) → profesor(a) m/f en prácticas; (in primary school) → maestro/a m/f en prácticas
student(s') union N (= building) → centro m estudiantil (Brit) (= association) → federación f de estudiantes

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student

[ˈstuːd^ənt]

(at university or college) → étudiant(e) m/f
law student → étudiant(e) en droit
medical student → étudiant(e) en médecine

(at secondary school) → élève mf

to be a keen student of sth (= very interested in) → être un(e) étudiant(e) passionné(e) de qch

modif [accommodation, movement, protest, riots, revolt, activist, representative] → étudiant(e); [house, bar, body, organization, intake, numbers, population, places] → d'étudiants; [politics] → à l'université; [newspaper, magazine, visa] → étudiant(e); [life, years] → d'étudiant(e); [debt, welfare] → de l'étudiant
in his student days → lorsqu'il était étudiantstudent council n → comité m des délégués de classestudent driver n (US) → apprenti(e) conducteur/trice m/fstudent file n (US) → dossier m scolairestudent grant n → bourse fstudent ID card n (US) → carte f d'étudiantstudent loan n → prêt m étudiant (accordé par l'État)student nurse n → élève mf infirmier/ièrestudents' union student union n

(British) (= association) → association f d'étudiants

(= building) → foyer m des étudiantsstudent teacher n → élève mf professeurstud farm n → haras m

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student

n (Univ) → Student(in) m(f), → Studierende(r) mf; (esp US, at school, night school) → Schüler(in) m(f); he is a student of French life/human nature → er studiert die französische Lebensart/die menschliche Natur; he is a student of French or a French student (Univ) → er studiert Französisch; (Sch) → er lernt Französisch; medical/law students → Medizin-/Jurastudenten pl

adj attr → Studenten-; activities, protest movement → studentisch; student driver (US) → Fahrschüler(in) m(f); student nurse → Krankenpflegeschüler(in) m(f)

student

student body

n → Studentenschaft f

student card

n → Studentenausweis m

student loan

n → Studentendarlehen nt

studentship

n (Brit: = grant) → Stipendium nt

student(s’) union

n (Brit)

(= organization) Studentenorganisation an britischen Universitäten, die sich um soziale Belange der Studenten kümmert (esp political) → Studentenbund m

(= building) → Gebäude nt → der Student(s’) Union/des Studentenbundes

student teacher

n → Referendar(in) m(f)

student unrest

n → Studentenunruhen pl

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student

[ˈstjuːd/ənt]

1. n (Scol, Univ) → studente/essa; (of human nature) → studioso/a
a law/medical student → uno/a studente/essa di legge/di medicina

2. adj (life, unrest) → studentesco/a; (attitudes, opinions) → degli studenti; (canteen) → universitario/a

student

(ˈstjuːdənt) noun

1. an undergraduate or graduate studying for a degree at a university etc. university students; a medical student; (also adjective) She is a student nurse/teacher.

2. (especially American) a boy or girl at school.

3. a person studying a particular thing. a student of politics.

student

→ طَالِب student studerende Student φοιτητής estudiante opiskelija étudiant student studente 学生 학생 student student student estudante студент student นักเรียน öğrenci sinh viên 学生

student

n. estudiante;

medical ___ → ___ de medicina.

I'm a student → أَنا طالِبٌ → Jsem student → Jeg er studerende → Ich bin Student → Είμαι φοιτητής → Soy estudiante → Olen opiskelija → Je suis étudiant → Ja sam student → Studio → 私は学生です → 학생이에요 → Ik ben student → Jeg er student → Jestem studentem → Eu sou um estudante → Я студент → Jag är student → Öğrenciyim → Tôi là sinh viên → 我是学生

student

n estudiante mf; medical — estudiante mf de medicina

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The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student. Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.

It would be a mistake to suppose that the easy-going pleasure-seeking student carries an empty head.

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"She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses," cried the young Student; "but in all my garden there is no red rose."

"The Prince gives a ball to-morrow night," murmured the young Student, "and my love will be of the company.

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Experience has suggested the brief introductory statement of main literary principles, too often taken for granted by teachers, with much resulting haziness in the student's mind.

This book aims to provide a general manual of English Literature for students in colleges and universities and others beyond the high-school age.

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When the horseman came up, he proved to be a student, a merry fellow, who was journeying along on his nag, and singing as he went.

good morning to thee, my friend!' The student looked about everywhere; and seeing no one, and not knowing where the voice came from, cried out, 'Who calls me?'

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Having been so long without proper food, a bath, and a change of clothing, I did not, of course, make a very favourable impression upon her, and I could see at once that there were doubts in her mind about the wisdom of admitting me as a student. I felt that I could hardly blame her if she got the idea that I was a worthless loafer or tramp.

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Luke's because his father had been a student there, and before the end of the summer session had gone up to London for a day in order to see the secretary.

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"Not at all," said the student; "it is the wedding of a farmer and a farmer's daughter, he the richest in all this country, and she the fairest mortal ever set eyes on.

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As long as the open weather lasted the Avonlea students went out to Carmody on the new branch railway every Friday night.