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student
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + student
a law/medical/chemistry etc student
• Approximately 40% of law students are women.
a university/college/school student
• How many college students are politically active?
a high school/elementary school student
American English
• Her son is a high school student.
a first-year/second-year etc student
(= in their first year, second year etc at college or university )
• First-year students have an exam at the end of term.
an A/B/C student
American English (= one who usually gets an A, B, or C for their work )
• He was an A student all the way through high school.
an undergraduate student
(= one who is studying for a first degree )
• Most undergraduate students rely on student loans for finance.
a postgraduate student
British English , a graduate student American English (= one who has already done a first degree )
• There is a separate university prospectus for postgraduate students.
a research student
(= doing research in a university )
• When I returned to Cambridge, I continued this work with two of my research students.
a mature student
especially British English (= a student who is over 25 years old )
• He took a degree as a mature student at Birmingham University.
a foreign/overseas student
• The University welcomes applications from overseas students.
student + NOUN
a student loan/grant
(= money that is lent or given to a student )
• Some of them are still paying off student loans.
student life
(= the way of life of university and college students )
• Parties are an important part of student life.
a student teacher/doctor/nurse
(= someone who is learning to be a teacher, doctor, or nurse )
• Student teachers work alongside qualified teachers to gain classroom experience.
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noun ADJ. brilliant, good one of the best students the college has ever had | college, school, university | full-time, part-time | first-year, second-year, etc. | graduate, postgraduate, research | doctoral, MA, etc. | mature He studied metallurgy as a mature student, having spent ten years working in a foundry. | overseas | engineering, history, law, medical, etc. STUDENT + NOUN nurse, teacher | numbers, population Student numbers at the college have increased by 25 per cent. | days She travelled a lot in her student days. | life thoroughly enjoying student life | grant, loan She had to take out a student loan to help her through college. | accommodation, dormitory | demonstration, protest, unrest taking part in a student demonstration PREP. as a ~ She first went to London as a student.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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student
someone who is studying at a university or school. In British English, student is not usually used to refer to a child at primary school:
• a student at Moscow University • How many students are there in your class? • The university has a lot of overseas students. • Most schools have special classes for students with learning difficulties.
pupil
especially British English someone who is being taught in a particular school or by a particular teacher:
• The school has 300 pupils. • He received a letter from one of his former pupils.
schoolchild
a child who goes to school:
• The play was performed by a group of local schoolchildren.
schoolboy/schoolgirl
especially British English a boy or girl who goes to school – used especially when talking about how they behave, or that time in someone’s life:
• They were behaving like naughty schoolgirls. • When he was a schoolboy, no one had heard of computers. • He blushed at her like a schoolboy.
learner
someone who is learning a foreign language:
• Learners often have problems with pronunciation. • a book for foreign learners of English
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