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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ak′ə dem′ik)

ac•a•dem•ic /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/USA pronunciation adj.

Education of or relating to a school, esp. one for higher education:[before a noun]an academic institution.
Educationof or relating to school subjects that teach general intellectual skills rather than specific job skills:academic subjects like English and mathematics.
not practical or directly useful:Whether she wanted to come or not is an academic question because she's here now.

n. [countable]

Educationa student or teacher at a college or university.

ac•a•dem•i•cal•ly, adv.

ac•a•dem•ic (ak′ə dem′ik),USA pronunciation adj.

Educationof or pertaining to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, esp. one for higher education:academic requirements.
Educationpertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics.
theoretical or hypothetical;
not practical, realistic, or directly useful:an academic question; an academic discussion of a matter already decided.
learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality.
conforming to set rules, standards, or traditions;
conventional:academic painting.
Educationacquired by formal education, esp. at a college or university:academic preparation for the ministry.
Philosophy(cap.) of or pertaining to Academe or to the Platonic school of philosophy.

Educationa student or teacher at a college or university.
Educationa person who is academic in background, attitudes, methods, etc.:He was by temperament an academic, concerned with books and the arts.
Philosophy(cap.) a person who supports or advocates the Platonic school of philosophy.
Education academics, the scholarly activities of a school or university, as classroom studies or research projects:more emphasis on academics and less on athletics.

Greek Akadēmeikós. See academy, academe, -ic
Latin Acadēmicus
1580–90

formal

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

academic /ˌækəˈdɛmɪk/, academical /ˌækəˈdɛmɪkəl/ adj

belonging or relating to a place of learning, esp a college, university, or academy
of purely theoretical or speculative interest
excessively concerned with intellectual matters and lacking experience of practical affairs
(esp of a schoolchild) having an aptitude for study
conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional: an academic painter
relating to studies such as languages, philosophy, and pure science, rather than applied, technical, or professional studies

a member of a college or university

ˌacaˈdemically adv

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