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SOPHOMORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A second-year undergraduate
Synonyms:
soph; sophomore
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sophomore" is a kind of...):
lowerclassman; underclassman (an undergraduate who is not yet a senior)
Derivation:
sophomore (used of the second year in United States high school or college)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of the second year in United States high school or college
Example:
his sophomore year
Synonyms:
second-year; sophomore
Classified under:
Similar:
intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or state)
Derivation:
sophomore (a second-year undergraduate)
