collegiate

adjective

col·​le·​giate kə-ˈlē-jət 

-jē-ət

1

: of or relating to a collegiate church

a collegiate pastor

2

: of, relating to, or comprising a college

collegiate campuses

collegiate mascots

3

: collegial sense 2

4

: designed for or characteristic of college students

collegiate athletics

collegiate organizations

collegiate student housing

collegiately adverb

Examples of collegiate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In fact, a 2021 study published in Sports Health found the risk of Achilles injuries to be 10 times higher in collegiate women’s gymnastics than in any other college sport. —Kayla Blanton, SELF, 25 Oct. 2024

The pair had dominated at the collegiate level and fans were waiting to see if this could translate to the WNBA. —Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024

The target's collegiate apparel business will continue under a new license to GearCo, which will be operated by Ames Watson with Fanatics as an investor. —Richard Collings, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024

Wicks also had issues with drops during his collegiate days at Virginia. —Rob Reischel, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collegiatus, from Latin collegium

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing collegiate

• collegiate church
• pre-collegiate
• sub-collegiate

Kids Definition

collegiate

adjective

col·​le·​giate kə-ˈlē-jət 

-jē-ət

1

: of or relating to a college

2

: of, relating to, or characteristic of college students

collegiate sports