English-Spanish translations for academic

• académico
  No se trata de un debate académico. This is not an academic argument.
  Estoy pensando en los centros académicos, no académicos, civiles y de defensa. I have in mind all such centres, academic, non-academic, civil and defence ones.
  Eso es lo que se piensa en los mundos académico e industrial. This is the view of academics and industrialists.
• escolar
  La educación y la formación a lo largo de la vida pasó a ser un instrumento de lucha contra el fracaso escolar, el abandono y el analfabetismo. Lifelong learning and training has also become an instrument in the fight against academic failure, students giving up on education and illiteracy.
  La educación y formación escolar, profesional y académica sigue siendo un componente importante de la calidad de vida y de trabajo en las zonas rurales. Schooling, vocational and academic education and further training remain fundamental to quality of life and quality of work in rural areas.
  Señora Presidenta, los últimos atentados y acciones ponen claramente de manifiesto que, en este comienzo del curso escolar, la espiral de la violencia, lamentablemente, no cesa. Madam President, the latest attacks and actions clearly demonstrate that, at the beginning of this academic year, the spiral of violence is unfortunately not coming to an end.

Definition of academic

• Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
• Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
• Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational
• Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance
• Having a love of or aptitude for learning
• Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
• Subscribing to the architectural standards of
• A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
• A member of the Academy; an academician.
• A student in a college
• Academic studies.

Examples

• the academic sect or philosophy
• I have always had an academic interest in hacking
• Im more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else

Related words

• academician
• academically
• academical
• Academician
• academicism
• antiacademic
• academic year
• academic freedom
• academic quarter