establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for resear…
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a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"
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The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.
Appears with this word in University life.education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college class…
Appears with this word in University life.the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
Appears with this word in University life.put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
Appears with this word in University life.To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rew…
Appears with this word in University life.a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
Appears with this word in University life.a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
Appears with this word in University life.a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
Appears with this word in University life.a course offered for a small group of advanced students
Appears with this word in University life.someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
Appears with this word in University life.a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"
Appears with this word in University life.One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.
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an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge; "she took her comps in English literature"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Mass communication, Communication theory.an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Mass communication, Communication theory.act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Media and communication, Analysis and evaluation, Mass communication, Assessment, Communication theory.response to an inquiry or experiment
Used in the same subject area: Education, Media and communication, Assessment, Communication theory.an examination administered at the end of an academic term
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respirato…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Analysis and evaluation, Communication theory.evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respirato…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Analysis and evaluation, Communication theory.an examination conducted by spoken communication
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.an examination consisting of a few short questions
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Analysis and evaluation, Assessment.the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Media and communication, Assessment.(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal proce…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Media and communication, Analysis and evaluation, Communication theory.a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Education, Media and communication, Analysis and evaluation, Mass communication, Assessment, Communication theory.
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