SOPHOMORE

sophomore, second-year

(adjective) used of the second year in United States high school or college; “the sophomore class”; “his sophomore year”

sophomore, soph

(noun) a second-year undergraduate

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sophomore (not comparable)

(US) The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a high school (tenth grade) or university.

Sophomoric.

Noun

sophomore (plural sophomores)

(US) A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.

(US, horse-racing) A three-year-old horse.

Anagrams

• homospore, osmophore

Source: Wiktionary


Soph"o*more, n. Etym: [Probably fr. soph or sophister + Gr. Soph-Mor as "the next distinctive appellation to Freshman," but the term has now almost ceased to be known at the English university from whence it came.]

Definition: One belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next above a freshman. [Formerly written also sophimore.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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