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bean léinn — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

bean léinn is used for these senses in English:

  • academic A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

academic — full definition

  1. adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
  2. adj Theoretical rather than practical; of no real practical consequence.
  3. noun A person who works or studies at a university, especially as a teacher or researcher.

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