Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the English universities, same as
sophister , and the more usual word. - noun In United States colleges, same as
sophomore .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eng. Univ.), colloq. A contraction of
soph ister . - noun (Amer. Colleges), colloq. A contraction of
sophomore .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- abbreviation
sophomore
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a second-year undergraduate
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Examples
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Warren, whom he had known and looked up to at Harvard as a "soph" looks up to a senior; and he enclosed his picture, which would perhaps recall him to Guthrie's mind.
A War-Time Wooing A Story Charles King 1888
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The word "soph" once had a high and honorable distinction, but now it is used to point a moral, and the synonym of sophomore is soft.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Elbert Hubbard 1885
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Her local high school area rival Brewer has the longest "legal" triple jump of 2009 (missing the soph class record by a quarter-inch) and then was seventh at World Youth champs.
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The Brewers 'super soph has 47 home runs and 130 RBI to go with a .298 average and 17 steals.
Statistics don't lie for these full-season fantasy All-Stars 2008
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May 26th, 2008 9: 11 pm ET here in Brazil we love Obama! soph
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We forget that he left Duke after his soph season there, and stepped in immediately to being a quality player in the pros.
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Jerry West, among others, have stated that they would have also taken him #1 after his soph year.
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Jerry West, among others, have stated that they would have also taken him #1 after his soph year.
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| Reply | Permalink no i am hardly a soph, turn 60 next month and have been voting for democrats probably before most of you were born please, ignore my snide comments, but they were offered as a sample of what obama will face if he continues this doomed candidacy, and that he has more integrity that me is a bit beside the point.
Obama To Hillary: If We Debate McCain On "Experience," He Will Win 2009
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Universal's "Coraline" took in $2.7 million at 1,423 in 21 markets, mostly with $2 million in its Brit soph sesh, for an $18.5 million foreign cume ...
The Little Girl Marches On Steve Hulett 2009
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