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student

noun · /ˈstudn̩t/ · Level 1 · Starter

What does student mean?

student (noun): a person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.

Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

How do you use student in a sentence?

How do you pronounce student?

/ˈstudn̩t/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.

Where does student come from?

From Middle English student, studient, from Old French estudiant, estudiente, from Latin studēns, present participle of studeō (“dedicate oneself to, study”).

Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What are synonyms of student?

Words related to student

From Princeton WordNet 3.1.

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What does “student” mean?

a person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution

Right! That's what “student” means.

each of the divisions of a year based on the prevailing weather: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

Not quite: that's what season means.

a picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner

Not quite: that's what collage means.

a written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge owing; an invoice

Not quite: that's what bill means.

Which word is closest in meaning to “student”?

pupil

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house

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place

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money

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