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COLLEGIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
Example:
collegiate clothes
Synonyms:
collegial; collegiate
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
college (the body of faculty and students of a college)
Derivation:
college (a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed)
college (the body of faculty and students of a college)
college (an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
Example:
a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
colleague (a person who is member of one's class or profession)
Derivation:
colleague (an associate that one works with)
