- [usually before noun] connected with education, especially studying in schools and universities
- high/low academic standards
- She had a brilliant academic career.
- one of this country's most prestigious academic institutions
- improving the academic achievement of all students
- The university is renowned throughout the world for its academic excellence.
- academic research/researchers
- We are deeply committed to safeguarding academic freedom.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb1, Jobsb1- He retired from academic life and went into politics.
- The academic year usually starts in September.
- It is regarded as the top academic institution in the city.
- This university will do all it can to defend academic freedom.
- academic research
- The enrolment criteria are geographical rather than academic.
- Our courses cover a range of academic disciplines.
- [usually before noun] involving a lot of reading and studying rather than practical or technical skills
- a mixture of vocational and academic courses
- people whose skills are practical rather than academic
- academic qualifications/subjects
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationb1- We are looking for practical experience as well as academic achievement.
- He had very few academic qualifications.
- The writers' approach is not overly academic.
- We need to combine academic and applied knowledge.
- I wasn't sure I could cope with the academic demands of the course.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- merely
- purely
- strictly
- …
- good at subjects involving a lot of reading and studying
- She wasn't very academic and hated school.
- not connected to a real or practical situation and therefore not important
- It's a purely academic question.
- The whole thing's academic now—we can't win anyway.
- Most of his questions were of an academic nature.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- merely
- purely
- strictly
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French académique or medieval Latin academicus, from academia, from Greek akadēmeia, from Akadēmos, the hero after whom Plato's garden was named.
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