student
pronunciation
How to pronounce student in British English:
UK [ˈstjuːdnt]
How to pronounce student in American English:
US [ˈstuːdnt]
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- Noun:
- a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
- a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
Word Origin
- student (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French estudiant "student, scholar, one who is studying" (Modern French étudiant), noun use of past participle of estudiier, from Medieval Latin studiare "to study," from Latin studium (see study (v.)). Student-teacher of a teacher in training working in a classroom is from 1851, American English.
Example
- 1. Are student loans a major factor ?
- 2. She is now a phd student in canada .
- 3. An important implication is that learning needs differ according to the stage of a student 's career .
- 4. Our aim is more to discover writing talent in a science student or scientist than a scientific aptitude in a budding journalist .
- 5. The student sat after me .