Meaning of academic in English

academic
adjective
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/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/ uk

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academic adjective (STUDYING)

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relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking, not with practical skills:
academic subjects/qualifications/books
an academic institution
academic standards
C2
used to describe someone who is intelligent and enjoys studying:
I was never a particularly academic child.
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academic adjective (IN THEORY)

based on ideas and theories and not related to practical effects in real life:
a purely academic argument/question
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academic
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(US or Indian English also academician)
someone who teaches at a college, or who studies as part of their job
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University & college education
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 academics [ plural ] US
the subjects that you study in high school or college
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(Definition of academic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

academic | Intermediate English

academic
adjective
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academic adjective (SCHOOL RELATED)

relating to schools, esp. colleges and universities, or connected with studying and thinking and not with useful skills

academic adjective (NOT IMPORTANT)

not important because it is based only on possibilities:
Which diamond ring you like more is purely academic, because I can’t afford either one.
academic
noun [ C ]
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academic noun [C] (SCHOOL RELATED)

a person who teaches in a college or university
(Definition of academic from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

academic | Business English

academic
adjective
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relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking rather than practical skills:
Employers nowadays are more interested in candidates' abilities and personality rather than just academic qualifications.
Some complain that the poor writing skills of younger staff shows a fall in academic standards.
interested in studying and successful at school work:
Like many entrepreneurs, he was not particularly academic at school.
academic
noun [ C ]
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a person who teaches at a college, or who studies as part of their job:
The research company was founded by a group of academics from Stockholm University.
(Definition of academic from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of academic

academic
It's just going to come down to academics.
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Money is yet another advantage that big academic collaborations have over a private lab.
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If it wasn't tutors doing "research" for him, it was academic advisers registering him in courses friendly to the football program.
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The tetraploid/triploid technology is clearly a commercial as well as an academic success.
From The Atlantic
Petitioners say academic staff were not consulted before the figure was erected on campus.
From TIME
The second activity focuses around connecting social entrepreneurs to corporate, political, academic, media and other leaders.
From Huffington Post
Average costs after grants at four-year, for-profit colleges rose 37 percent from $22,500 in the 2003-2004 academic year, the study said.
From Bloomberg
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Translations of academic

in Chinese (Traditional)
學習的, 學校的, 學院的…
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学习的, 学校的, 学院的…
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académico, profesor, -ora de universidad…
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acadêmico, -a, acadêmico/-ca [masculine-feminine]…
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教育の, 学校の, 大学の…
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eğitime ilişkin, akademik, teknik ve pratik becerilerden çok düşünce ve çalışmayı içeren konulara ilişkin…
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scolaire, universitaire, universitaire [masculine-feminine]…
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akademický, teoretický, studijní typ…
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thuộc trường đại học, lý thuyết suông, hàn lâm…
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akademicki, (czysto) naukowy, teoretyczny…
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karier akademik, akademik, ahli akademik…
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akademisch, hypothetisch, Universitätsdozent…
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akademisk, akademiker [masculine], universitets-/høyskolelærer…
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학구적인, 교수, 학자…
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accademico, -a, studioso…
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учебный, академичный, чисто теоретический…
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