Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sophomore
IPA transcription: [s'ɑfm,ɔɹ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sophomore(a), second-year
    Meaning: used of the second year in United States high school or college; "the sophomore class"; "his sophomore year"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sophomore, soph
    Meaning: a second-year undergraduate
Usage examples
  • The sophomore year had been crowded with many trials, some of them positive school tragedies, in which Anne and Grace had been the principal actors.
  • Roddy, the possible sophomore, helped a maid find places for the cups and saucers; and the three girls, still formed in a careful group about the sofa, silently waited.
  • It took two expert mechanics half a day to dissemble it into its minutest parts and remove it, which only goes to prove the rare energy of sophomore humor under efficient leadership.