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- pronunciation:
- stu
d
 nt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a person enrolled in an educational institution or is taking lessons privately.
The school has a population of three thousand students.I am just one of my piano teacher's many students.
- similar words:
- pupil, scholar
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| definition 2: |
a person who studies or observes something carefully or in depth.
My father has been a keen student of history all his life.- similar words:
- pupil, scholar
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| related words: |
adherent, alumnus, apprentice, disciple, follower |
adjective + (n.)student
academic, blind, diverse, doctoral, educational, elementary, fellow, female, full-time, gifted, instructional, male, nontraditional, secondary, talented, visual
verb + (n.)student
assess, assign, assist, educate, encourage, engage, enhance, evaluate, graduate, interact, motivate, teach
(n.)student
+ verb
attend, complete, enroll, learn, participate
noun + (n.)student
achievement,
assessment,
assignment,
campus,
classroom,
college,
counseling,
counselor,
course,
curriculum,
educator,
enrollment,
evaluation,
faculty,
feedback,
grad,
grade,
graduate,
impairment,
instruction,
instructor,
interaction,
loan,
math,
mathematics,
minority,
motivation,
outcome,
participation,
percentage,
perception,
performance,
psychology,
questionnaire,
retention,
sample,
scholarship,
school,
semester,
teacher,
teaching,
transfer,
undergraduate
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The word student
contains the following part:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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