academic

academic

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ac‧a‧dem‧ic¹ W2 AC /ˌækəˈdemɪk◂/ adjective1. [usually before noun] relating to education, especially at college or university level
   OPP  non-academic:
    He possessed no academic qualifications.
    a program to raise academic standards
2. [usually before noun] concerned with studying from books, as opposed to practical work:
    the study of art as an academic discipline
3. good at studying
   OPP  unacademic:
    He’s not very academic.
4. if a discussion about something is academic, it is a waste of time because the speakers cannot change the existing situation:
    The question of where we go on holiday is purely academic since we don’t have any money.
—academically /-kli/ adverb
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ nouns
   ▪ academic qualifications He had the right experience and academic qualifications for the job.
   ▪ academic performance Personal problems may affect a student’s academic performance.
   ▪ academic achievements Girls’ academic achievements are at least as good as boys’.
   ▪ academic standards (=levels that are considered to be acceptable) The school has high academic standards.
   ▪ academic research (=study of a subject, in order to discover new facts or test new ideas) Many academic research projects take years to complete.
   ▪ academic study After academic study, you have to gain practical experience.
   ▪ an academic subject Children who are not good at academic subjects may excel in music or sport.
   ▪ an academic discipline (=a subject that is studied at university) the academic disciplines of linguistics, psychology and sociology
   ▪ an academic career She wanted to pursue an academic career.
   ▪ the academic year (=the time within a period of 12 months when students are studying at a school or university) Language students spend the third academic year abroad.
   ▪ the academic world (=the institutions, people etc involved in education) In the academic world, the theory was received less approvingly.
   ▪ academic freedom (=the freedom to study what you want) There is concern for the academic freedom of both staff and students.

II

academic² AC noun [countable]a teacher in a college or university