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   Soph·o·more

   /ˈsäf(ə)ˌmôr/

   

   noun

   • 1. a second-year college or high school student: US "her 16-year-old twin sons are sophomores"
   • ▪ denoting the second album, film, etc., released or created by a particular artist: US "the duo's sophomore album"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: perhaps from earlier sophumer, from sophum, sophom (obsolete variants of sophism) + -er1.

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   What is the origin of the word sophomore?

   • Why is called sophomore? “It comes from the Greek word ‘sophos,’ meaning clever or wise,” said Sokolowski. “And the word ‘moros,’ meaning foolish. And so sophy moore — or sophomore — means ‘a wise fool.”” And so, two levels of sophister — sometimes simply shortened to “soph” — were created.

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   What is a sophomore in high school called?

   • The word is mostly used in American English to refer to students who are in their second year of high school or college. A student who is in the first year is called a ‘freshman’, and one in the final year is a ‘senior’. ‘Sophomore’ comes from the Latin ‘sophism’ meaning a clever, but false argument.

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   Is sophomore a strange year?

   • Of the four tiers of high school, sophomore is the year that stands out as strange. Freshman, junior, and senior are relatively clear monikers for their associated levels, and it’s funny that in school, the place where you are most expected to know the how and why of everything, second-year students are called by a term whose roots are abstruse.

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   What is a sophomore in college?

   • A sophomore is in their second year, either in high school or college. Once you became a sophomore, thinking you now knew everything, you pitied the freshmen for their confusion over how to write college papers.

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   A sophomore is a student in the second year at college or a 4-year secondary school, or an adjective meaning being or associated with the second in a series. Learn the etymology, history, and examples of sophomore from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   A sophomore is a student in the second year of a course at a US college or high school. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and its usage in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   May 15, 2014 · Sophomore is the term for second-year students in high school or college. It comes from Greek sophism, meaning "clever device", but also acquired a negative sense of sophomoric, meaning "intellectually pretentious".

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   noun. a student in the second year of high school or college. a person or group in the second year of any endeavor: He's a sophomore on Wall Street. adjective. of or relating to a sophomore. of or being a second effort or second version: Their sophomore album was even better than their first. sophomore. / ˈsɒfəˌmɔː / noun.

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   noun. a second-year undergraduate. synonyms: soph. see more. adjective. used of the second year in United States high school or college. “the sophomore class” “his sophomore year” synonyms: second-year. intermediate. lying between two extremes in time or space or state. Pronunciation. US. /ˈsɑfmɔr/ UK. /ˈsɒfəmɔ/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA.

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   A sophomore is a student in the second year of a course of study at a college or university, or a high school student in the 10th grade. Learn how to pronounce, compare and use the word sophomore with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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    Mar 23, 2024 · Learn the meaning, etymology, pronunciation, and usage of the word sophomore in English. Sophomore can be an adjective, a noun, or a term for a second-year student or a three-year-old horse.