academic

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.

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ac′a·dem′i·cal·ly adv.

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academic

(ˌækəˈdɛmɪk) (ˌækəˈdɛmɪkəl) or

academical

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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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	academic - an educator who works at a college or university faculty member, academician educator, pedagog, pedagogue - someone who educates young people prof, professor - someone who is a member of the faculty 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 donnish, pedantic 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

adjective

1. Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters:

bookish, donnish, formalistic, inkhorn, literary, pedantic, pedantical, scholastic.

2. Concerned primarily with theories rather than practical matters:

abstract, speculative, theoretic, theoretical.

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Translations

أكَادِيمِيأَكَادِيـمِيّكُلِّيَة، جَامِعه

akademický

akademisk

akademischUniversitätsdozent

ακαδημαϊκόςθεωρητικός

académicoestudianteprofesor de universidad

akateeminenyliopistollinenakateemikko

universitaireacadémiqueétudiantscolaire

akademski

egyetemi

háskóla-, fræîilegurháskólakennari

accademicoaccadèmicocomunit... accademicainsegnante universitariouniversitario

大学の

학원의

academischacademicus

akademiskakademikerhøyskolelæreruniversitetslærer

akademicki

acadêmicoacadémico

академический

akademickývysokoškolský učiteľ

akademski

akademisk

ด้านวิชาการ

akademik

mang tính học thuật

大学教师学术的學術的學院的

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

2. (= scholarly) → intelectualmente dotado
an exam for academic children → un examen para niños intelectualmente dotados

3. (= theoretical) [question] → (puramente) teórico, sin interés práctico; [debate] → (puramente) teórico
that's all quite academic → eso no tiene ninguna trascendencia
it is of academic interest only → sólo tiene interés teórico

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

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academic

[ˌækəˈdɛmɪk]

adj

(relating to universities) [standard, achievement, research, career, qualifications] → universitaire
academic freedom → liberté f académique

(relating to schools) [standard, achievement, qualifications] → scolaire

(= scholarly) [person] → doué(e) pour les études

(= 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

b. (irrelevant) → puramente formale
that's rather academic now → ormai è un po' superfluo al lato pratico

2. n → docente m/f universitario/a, universitario/a

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academy

(əˈkӕdəmi) – plural aˈcademies – noun

1. a higher school for special study. Academy of Music. akademie أكَادِيمِيَّه школа academia akademie die Akademie akademi; højskole ακαδημίαacademia akadeemia دانشکده korkeakoulu académieאקדמיה शिक्षा या शोध संस्थान akademija főiskola akademi háskóli; æðri menntastofnun accademia 専門学校 전문 학교 akademija akadēmija; augstskola Akademi muzik academiehøyskoleakademia, szkoła wyższa اكاډمى academia academie академия akadémia akademija akademija akademi โรงเรียน akademi 學院 училище, школа اعلیٰ تعلیمی ادارہ học viện （高等）專科院校

2. a society to encourage science, art etc. The Royal Academy. akademie مَجْمَع академия academia akademie die Akademie (der Wissenschaften) akademi ακαδημίαacademia akadeemia فرهنگستان akatemia académieאקדמיה शिक्षा या शोध को बढ़ावा देने वाला संस्थान akademija akadémia akademi heiðurstofnun vísinda– og listamanna accademia 学士院 학회 akademija akadēmija akademi academieakademiakademia كلتورۍ اكاډمى academia Academie академия akadémia akademija akademija samfund, akademi สมาคมส่งเสริมความรู้หรือวัฒนธรรม akademi 學會 академія عالموں کی جماعت hội các học giả 學會

3. a type of senior school. hoërskool كُلِّيَه висшо учебно заведение colégio střední škola höhere Schule akademi ακαδημίαcolegio kool مدرسۀ عالی seminaari collègeאקדמיה, בית ספר גבוה उच्च विद्यालय viša škola középiskola perguruan tinggi framhaldsskóli (einkaskóli) scuola secondaria 中・高校の一種 학원 gimnazija, (privati) vidurinė/specialioji mokykla (vidējā speciālā) mācību iestāde sekolah akademi gymnasiumprivat videregående skoleuczelnia يو ډول مسلكى ليسه colégio universitate училище stredná škola vseučilišče akademija akademi, skola วิทยาลัย akademi, yüksek okul 高中 академія اعلیٰ مدرسہ trường phổ thông ở Xcôtlen 高中

academic (ӕkəˈdemik) adjective

of or concerning study especially in schools, colleges etc. an academic career. akademies أكَادِيمِي академичен acadêmico akademický akademisch akademisk ακαδημαϊκός, πανεπιστημιακόςacadémico akadeemiline دانشگاهی akateeminen universitaire אקדמי, עיוני शैक्षिक akademski tudományos; egyetemi universiter háskóla-, fræðilegur accademico 学問の 학문의 akademinis, mokslinis akadēmisks karier akademik academischakademiskakademicki علمى académico universitar академический; учебный akademický, teoretický akademski naučni akademisk ด้านวิชาการ akademik 與學業或學術有關的 академічний, теоретичний تعلیمی thuộc trường đại học 學院的，學術的

noun

a university or college teacher. كُلِّيَة، جَامِعه professor Universitätsdozent akademiker καθηγητής πανεπιστημίου ή κολεγίου profesor de universidad korkeakoulun opettaja universitaire egyetemi oktató dosen háskólakennari accademico 大学教師 대학 교수 dëstytojas, mokslininkas academicus universitets-/høyskolelærer nauczyciel akademicki, naukowiec د پوهنتون استاد professor uni­versitar преподаватель; профессор vysokoškolský učiteľ, -ka profesor akademiker, universitetslärare อาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัย öğretim üyesi 大學或學院教師 大学教师

academic ˈyear noun

that part of the year when students go to school, college or university. The academic year ends in June. akademiese jaar السَّنَة الأكَادِيمِيه/ الجَامِعِيَه семестър ano escolar akademický rok das Schuljahr, akademisches Jahr skoleår; akademiske år ακαδημαϊκό έτοςaño académico akadeemiline aasta, õppeaasta سال تحصیلی lukuvuosi שְׁנַת לִימוּדִים אֲקָדֶמִית शैक्षिक वर्ष akademska godina (egyetemi) tanév tahun kuliah accademico 学年度 학년, 학기 mokslo metai akadēmiskais gads tahun akademik cursusjaar skoleårrok akademicki تحصيلى كال учебный год (univerzitný) školský rok školska godina läsår, skolår ปีการศึกษา ders yılı 學年 навчальний рік عالمانہ năm học 学年

acaˈdemically (ӕkəˈde-) adverb

akademies أكَاديمياً، جامِعِياً академичен em termos acadêmicos akademicky akademisch akademisk ακαδημαϊκάacadémicamente, en términos académicos akadeemiliselt از نظر تحصیلی akateemisesti académiquement בְּאוֹפֶן אֲקָדֶמִי शैक्षिक रूप से akademički elméletileg; elvontan akademis á hefðbundinn hátt, í viðteknum stíl in termini accademici 学問的に 학문적으로 akadēmiski dengan akademiknya academischakademisk naukowo د علمى يا تحصيلى له نظره em termos académicos academic академично, академически akademicky, teoreticky akademsko u akademskom smislu akademiskt, teoretiskt ด้านวิชาการ akademik açıdan 學術上 теоретично علمی về mặt lý thuyết 學院式地，从学术观点

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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

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