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(3.34 / 15 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(3.72 / 14 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(3.69 / 38 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(3.33 / 3 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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. student

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

   The student accommodation 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. Ben Cohen:

   I mean, there might be some chocolate chips molded in the shape of a cap that you wear for graduation to symbolize his stance in favor of free college education and reduced student loan rates, i think that there might be equal numbers of peanuts and pecans to symbolize his initiatives to reduce economic inequality.

2. Emily August:

   She was here as an (undocumented) immigrant in her 20s as a college student, and she told this story for the first time publicly of her deportation hearing. It was incredibly powerful.

3. Caleb Shumway:

   For a poor college student, that’s pretty appealing.

4. Bill Moos:

   We have high expectations for the conduct of WSU student-athletes, and treat any alleged allegations with the utmost transparency.

5. Ezra Dolezal:

   When she applied they thought she was a black student, when she came there, they saw she was white and she wasn't treated that well, especially by people that worked there. She probably started developing this kind of dislike for being white and dislike for white people. She used to tell Izaiah ... that all white people are racists. She might have developed some self-hatred.

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