Definitions for student
ˈstud nt, ˈstyud-stu·dent

Princeton's WordNet(3.77 / 16 votes)Rate this definition:

1. student, pupil, educatee(noun)

   a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

2. scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student(noun)

   a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Wiktionary(3.44 / 16 votes)Rate this definition:

1. student(Noun)

   A person who studies a particular academic subject

   A student of philosophy.

   Etymology: From studens, present participle of studere

2. student(Noun)

   A person seriously devoted to some subject, whether academic or not

   He is a student of life.

   Etymology: From studens, present participle of studere

3. student(Noun)

   A person enrolled at a university

   The students were out raising funds for rag week.

   Etymology: From studens, present participle of studere

4. student(Noun)

   A schoolchild

   Etymology: From studens, present participle of studere

Webster Dictionary(3.69 / 16 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Student(noun)

   a person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student

   Etymology: [L. studens, -entis, p. pr. of studere to study. See Study, n.]

2. Student(noun)

   one who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature

   Etymology: [L. studens, -entis, p. pr. of studere to study. See Study, n.]

Freebase(3.71 / 42 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Student

   A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English, although in the United States a person enrolled in grades K–12 is often called a student. In its widest use, student is used for anyone who is learning, including mid-career adults who are taking vocational education or returning to university.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Student

   stū′dent, n. one who studies, a scholar at a higher school, college, or university: one devoted to the study of any subject: a man devoted to books.—ns. Stū′dentry, students collectively; Stū′dentship, an endowment for a student in a college.

Editors Contribution(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. student

   A person who studies a specific subject at a form of unity government school, college, university, academy or other approved education facility.

   The student housing is beautiful.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 3, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'student' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1333

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'student' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2399

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'student' in Nouns Frequency: #148

Anagrams for student »

1. stunted

How to pronounce student?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of student in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of student in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of student in a Sentence

1. Tom Lindsay:

   Right now, student loans are the closest thing we have to indentured servitude in the United States.

2. Justin Honore:

   There was a lot of racial tension around the Ferguson issue. A lot of the student body are from the St. Louis, Ferguson area, when a lot of that was going down, they felt very hurt and judged that people were jumping to conclusions about their community, about who they were.

3. President Donald Trump:

   I've waived interest on all student loans held by federal government agencies, and that will be until further notice.

4. Mark Kantrowitz:

   The growth in education debt outstanding is like cooking a lobster, The increase in total student debt occurs slowly but steadily, so by the time you notice that the water is boiling, you’re already cooked. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/08/09/student-loan-debt-surpasses-credit-cards/

5. Matthew Foldi:

   In any realm that makes no sense. The school does not endorse everyone who speaks on this campus. Do they endorse the views of every student that goes here? More relevantly, do they endorse every professor that works here?

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