1 [usuallybeforenoun] connected with education, especially studying in schools and universities:
The students return in October for the start of the new academic year. * high / low academic standards * an academic career * The enrolment criteria are geographical rather than academic.
2 [usuallybeforenoun] involving a lot of reading and studying rather than practical or technical skills:
academic subjects / qualifications
3 good at subjects involving a lot of reading and studying:
She wasn't very academic and hated school.
4 not connected to a real or practical situation and therefore not important:
It is a purely academic question. * The whole thing's academic now-we can't win anyway.
academically adverb:
You have to do well academically to get into medical school. * He wasn't very well qualified academically but had a lot of experience.
noun a person who teaches and/or does research at a university or college
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is academic a noun, verb, or something else?
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