academically
academic
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/ us /ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/(US or Indian English alsoacademician)
someone who teaches at a college, or who studies as part of their job大学教师;学者

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University & college education
academe
academia
anti-university
beadle
business school
go up
grad
graduate
hall
Oxbridge
Oxon
Panhellenic
pass degree
poly
the groves of academeidiom
uni
university
unselective
vice chancellor
warden

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Teachers
Intelligent people
 academics[ plural ]US
the subjects that you study in high school or college: （中学或大学的）学科
Her son seems to prefer sports over academics.

academic | American Dictionary

academic
adjective
us/ˌæk·əˈdem·ɪk/

academicadjective (SCHOOL RELATED)

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

academicadjective (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 ]
us/ˌæk·əˈdem·ɪk/

academicnoun[C] (SCHOOL RELATED)

a person who teaches in a college or university

academic | Business English

academic
adjective
uk /ˌækəˈdemɪk/us
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 ]
uk /ˌækəˈdemɪk/us
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.

Examples of academic

academic
Indeed, members of the tsarist government and academics often disagreed about possible areas of co-operation.
The working parents' survey showed that what professionals and academics usually call 'informal care' was overwhelmingly 'grandparent care'.
Does it deserve these unreserved endorsements by renowned academics (and one journalist) ?
Where core-scientific capabilities were developed in universities, this emerged primarily at the initiative of academics.
Empirical evidence is not taken into account and feedback by interested parties and academics is not wanted.
Everyone knows that the feminist movement is dominated by the elite _ the most recognised are academics.
Frustrated with academics, he dropped out, and searched for a time in the spiritual world.
I increasingly feel that academics outside have to as well, especially if they choose to intervene in politics as a policy critic or analyst.
Authors include current practitioners as well as academics.
Too often, research is undertaken by academics, who do not have a working knowledge of practice.
At a time when monographs are not easy to place, a publisher's perspective on marketable structure is not always the same as an academic's.
In this respect, the work may rest cosily on the bedside table of the aficionado, but perhaps not as comfortably on the academic's bookshelf.
All the par ticipants, including myself, were adult academics: two professors, two graduate students, and a postdoctoral researcher.
The drafting of politicians and academics into the government tends to offer the regime a modicum of legitimacy, thereby reducing any deep cynicism and disaffection.
More generally, there is a need for conversations between interculturalists and academics for mutual benefit.
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Collocations withacademic

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academic lawyer
He is an academiclawyer, a professor of law.
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