soph·o·more

(sŏf′ə-môr′, sŏf′môr′)

a. A second-year student in a US college.

b. A tenth-grade student in a US high school.

2. A person in the second year of carrying out an endeavor.

3. A three-year-old racehorse, usually in its second year of racing.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the second year of an endeavor, especially of attending a school or college.

2. Being the second in a series: a singer's sophomore album.

[Alteration (probably influenced by Greek sophos, wise, and mōros, stupid) of sophumer, from obsolete sophom, sophism, dialectic exercise, variant of sophism.]

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sophomore

(ˈsɒfəˌmɔː)

(Education) chiefly US and Canadian a second-year student at a secondary (high) school or college

adj

(of a book, recording, etc, by an artist) second: her sophomore album.

[C17: perhaps from earlier sophumer, from sophum, variant of sophism + -er¹]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

soph•o•more

(ˈsɒf əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr; ˈsɒf mɔr, -moʊr)

n.

a student in the second year at a high school, college, or university.

[1645–55; earlier sophumer, perhaps =sophum sophism + -er¹]

sophomore

A student in the second year of a college course, or a high-school student in the tenth grade.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sophomore - a second-year undergraduate soph lowerclassman, underclassman - an undergraduate who is not yet a senior
Adj.	1.	sophomore - used of the second year in United States high school or college; "the sophomore class"; "his sophomore year" second-year intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"

Translations

másodéves

allievo del secondo anno fagiolo

opvolgen tweedetweedejaars

второкурсник

sophomore

[ˈsɒfəmɔːʳ] N (US) → estudiante mf de segundo año GRADE

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

sophomore

[ˈsɒfəmɔː^r]

n (US) → étudiant(e) m/f de deuxième année

modif
sophomore year → deuxième année f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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References in classic literature

Perhaps the president of a corps notices that one of the membership who is no longer an exempt--that is a freshman-- has remained a sophomore some little time without volunteering to fight; some day, the president, instead of calling for volunteers, will APPOINT this sophomore to measure swords with a student of another corps; he is free to decline--everybody says so--there is no compulsion.

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"Then we'll be able to look as bored and sophisticated as any Sophomore of them all.

The "freshettes" stood about in detached groups of two or three, looking askance at each other; the "freshies," wiser in their day and generation, had banded themselves together on the big staircase of the entrance hall, where they were shouting out glees with all the vigor of youthful lungs, as a species of defiance to their traditional enemies, the Sophomores, a few of whom were prowling loftily about, looking properly disdainful of the "unlicked cubs" on the stairs.

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ONE MARCH EVENING in my sophomore year I was sitting alone in my room after supper.

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against six Sophomores and a Freshman from the Gladiatorial College!

when he had slain all the sophomores and was dallying with the

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I had been made love to by beardless sophomores and gray professors, and by the athletes and the football giants.

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The receiving corps has seniors Ian Reith, Justin Clendenin and Marisellis Malone and sophomore Issac Jany.

Chester 2019 football: Young, but fast and physical Chester

"The Sophomore Entry Program offers rising sophomores the opportunity to take advantage of the benefits of the pharmacy Early Entry program, which until now has only been open to incoming freshmen," explains Chelsea Bennett, assistant dean of student services for the School of Pharmacy.

a future in pharmaceuticals

High school can be a minefield for teen girls, and for many, sophomore year is the worst.

Chastain, Emma. The Year of Living Awkwardly, Sophomore Year: Chloe Snow's Diary, Book 2

Sophomore Braxton Canady was the top collegian in the 60-meter hurdle finals in 7.91 seconds, behind only Olympic gold medalist Aries Merritt, who won in 7.65.

Ducks get off to strong starts in Seattle

Research regarding student success has focused on first-year students (Graunke & Woosley, 2005) yet, despite progress in first-year efforts, "At present, there are few truly comprehensive programs for sophomore students" (Schaller, 2007).

Identity integration via career development issues: counseling college sophomores from moros to sophos