student
a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college; pupil: a student at Yale.
any person who studies, investigates, or examines thoughtfully: a student of human nature.
Origin of student
1synonym study For student
pronunciation note For student
Other words from student
- stu·dent·less, adjective
- stu·dent·like, adjective
- an·ti·stu·dent, noun, adjective
- non·stu·dent, noun
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How to use student in a sentence
Students moan and growl and shriek and yawp, as if exorcising demons in a ritualistic ceremony.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSputtering, I manage a few “hut-hut-huts” with the other students.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTDid he denounce the involvement of organized crime in the abduction and disappearance of 43 students in the nearby city of Iguala?
According to the USDA, student participation began to fall, with 1.4 million students opting out of the lunch program entirely.
This is the Mexico that U.S. college students would be wise to steer clear of on spring break.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
All our intelligent students will insist upon learning what they can of these discussions and forming opinions for themselves.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsAbout fifty students are accommodated at present, but there is room for thirty more.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellThis method can be applied in several different ways according to the idiosyncrasies of different students.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Few students master these attachments thoroughly, and those who do, fail to retain them long.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)There were as many blacks and mulattoes among the students as whites, but the number of them altogether was inconsiderable.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for student
/ (ˈstjuːdənt) /
a person following a course of study, as in a school, college, university, etc
(as modifier): student teacher
a person who makes a thorough study of a subject
Origin of student
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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