Examples of “academic” in a Sentence

adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.

• She has an impressive academic record from her time at university.
• The professor focuses on academic research rather than teaching.
• The school is proud of its strong academic results this year.

adj Theoretical rather than practical; of no real practical consequence.

• Whether we could have won is academic now — the game is over.
• Arguing about who started the quarrel is purely academic by now.
• For a small shop without funds, opening a second branch is an academic question.

noun A person who works or studies at a university, especially as a teacher or researcher.

• Several leading academics contributed to the report.
• My aunt is an academic who teaches medieval history at a university.
• Many academics attended the conference to share their latest research.