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sophomore

/ˈsɑf.mɔɹ/

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What does sophomore mean?

adjective

  1. The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a high school (tenth grade) or university.
  2. Sophomoric.

noun

  1. A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. A three-year-old horse.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɑf.mɔɹ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈsɔf.mɔɹ/
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One March evening in my sophomore year I was sitting alone in my room after supper.
Willa CatherMy ÁntoniaProject Gutenberg ebook #242
He was then twenty, a sophomore at college, and a wholesome fellow to look upon.
Robert S. (Robert Sproul) CarrollOur Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of NervousnessProject Gutenberg ebook #5994
More book examples (3)
Some of the sophomore steel went up into another grade where it was roasted yet again and rolled thin into a junior.
Ralph Albert ParletteThe University of Hard KnocksProject Gutenberg ebook #455
The only scholarship possible in the Sophomore year was a very small affair.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of the IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #51
We saw the sophomore class in sheep-shearing shear a dozen sheep.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895