Example sentences for: collegiate

How can you use “collegiate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • To gain some perspective of this figure: an average individual handles 2,000 to 20,000 terms in his or her daily language, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary provides definitions for 225,000 terms (www.merriam-webstercollegiate.com/).

  • Through the arcades is the central Largo da Oliveira, where the excellent Museu Alberto Sampaio is located in Nossa Senhora da Oliveira (the Collegiate Church of Our Lady of the Olive Tree).

  • Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary [hereafter W], despite many improvements over its forebears, still suffers from shortcomings ultimately traceable to the aberrational lexicography reflected in Webster's Third Unabridged . Although direct comparison between the Longman Dictionary of the English Language [hereafter L] and the W reveals many similarities, there are many differences, too.

  • Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary tells us that a fall guy is `one who is easily duped.

  • Publishers steadfastly refuse to reveal their sales figures because of the highly competitive nature of the business, though it is generally acknowledged that Webster's Ninth New Collegiate outsells its nearest competitor by about two to one.


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