Definitions for student
ˈstud nt, ˈstyud-stu·dent

Princeton's WordNet(3.61 / 17 votes)Rate this definition:

1. student, pupil, educateenoun

   a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

2. scholar, scholarly person, bookman, studentnoun

   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. studentnoun

   A person who studies a particular academic subject

   A student of philosophy.

2. studentnoun

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

   He is a student of life.

3. studentnoun

   A person enrolled at a university

   The students were out raising funds for rag week.

4. studentnoun

   A schoolchild

5. Etymology: From studens, present participle of studere

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Studentnoun

   A man given to books; a scholar; a bookish man.

   Etymology: studens, Latin.

   Keep a gamester from dice, and a good student from his book. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   This grave advice some sober student bears,
   And loudly rings it in his fellow’s ears. John Dryden, Pers.

   A student shall do more in one hour, when all things concur to invite him to any special study, than in four at a dull season. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   I slightly touch the subject, and recommend it to some student of the profession. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Student

   A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution.In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementary schools are "pupils".

Webster Dictionary(3.77 / 17 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Studentnoun

   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

2. Studentnoun

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

3. 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?

1. Alex

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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. Broome County DA Michael Korchak:

   The New York State Police were called and they went to the subjects' residence in Conklin and interviewed him and took him to Binghamton General Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, so there were no direct threats made to any student or teacher.

2. Stephanie Kibler:

   Everything I learned about money stemmed from me digging into my finances in college, figuring out where I stood and just what was going on inside my personal financial machine, i learned how to be careful with money, to plan and save, but most importantly, how to make my money work for me so that I can use it to live the life I want, even despite those student loans.

3. Glenn Youngkin:

   Our goal is that every student will graduate from high school ready to go to college or start a great career. Choice and innovation within public education is vital to achieving that goal … We must empower parents and students with choice and innovation in K-12 public education.

4. Anna Bauch:

   I think students have been more coddled and get offended more easily now than in the past 10 years, i think my generation feels entitled and would rather complain about student loans than work harder to get better scholarships and make more money.

5. Kristen Waggoner:

   These students were not only physically intimidating the other students and the speakers, they were pounding on the walls, blocking the exits, and disrupting the event throughout. … It shouldn't take place on a law student campus in the law school classroom.

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