academic subject

collocation in English

meaningsofacademicandsubject

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academic
adjective
uk
/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/us
/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/
relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking, not with ...
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subject
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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(Definition ofacademicandsubjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofacademic subject

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In universities, despite lip-service to interdisciplinarity, the 'environment' is seen as a subdiscipline of theacademicsubjectof geography.
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To be a true gentleman required an education in manners more than in any particularacademicsubject.
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This indicates some of the extra value in her book, as she brings theacademicsubjectto life for the reader through skilful use of varied rich primary textual sources.
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No one will say that the study of modern languages is not also in the traditional sense a highlyacademicsubject.
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The truth is that politics as anacademicsubjectis one of the great growth industries: it is sailing ahead.
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It is not anacademicsubjectfor two reasons.
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So during the 1980s nurse training was taken away from the hospitals and turned into anacademicsubjecttaught in universities.
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Perhaps that is no bad thing of a basicallyacademicsubject.
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So this is not by any means a purelyacademicsubject.
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The trouble is that the area of initial teacher training forms one section only ofacademicsubjectcategory 11.
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Quite apart from other considerations, in most cases this means that the subject cannot be taken as a seriousacademicsubject.
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That may call into question the whole future of nursing as anacademicsubjectand the allocation of research resources.
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The precise coverage ofacademicsubjectcategories will be the subject of further consultation.
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We are obviously on the verge of having computer history as yet anotheracademicsubject.
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It is relevant that we still have science as anacademicsubjectseparated from technology.
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It is determined separately for eachacademicsubjectcategory, level of study and mode of attendance.
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If a child has an aptitude for what might be termed anacademicsubject, there is no such opportunity.
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One can teach a traditionalacademicsubjectin a totally non-educational way.
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I was very pleased that on rather anacademicsubjectthere should be a little joke brought in about my race.
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