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Collegiate Pronunciation
Collegiate is pronounced kuh-LEE-jit, IPA /kəˈlidʒɪt/.
kuh-LEE-jit
US /kəˈlidʒɪt/ · UK /kəˈliːdʒɪət/
Syllables: kuh · LEE · jit (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Belonging to a college, or organised as a group of colleges.
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Collegiate in a Sentence
- Oxford and Cambridge are both collegiate universities.
- He played collegiate basketball before turning professional.
- The building has a heavy collegiate look to it.
Common Mispronunciations of Collegiate
Not kuh-LE-jee-ayt
The stressed vowel runs long, as in college's cousin legion, and the ending goes flat. No ay survives at the end in American speech.
Not KAH-luh-jit
Everything hinges on the second beat, which is where college puts its weight too.
Tip: Americans finish on a clipped jit and many British speakers add a beat, kuh-LEE-jee-uht.
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