Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Collegiate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
another name for a high school (e.g. some high schools are called collegiates rather than high schools)
"The student council at our small town's collegiate is planning the annual spring festival."
In plain English: A collegiate is not actually a word; when people say it, they usually mean something related to college students or their university life.
"The new collegiate was elected to lead the student council this year."
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
"collegiate living"
"collegiate attitudes"
"collegiate clothes"
Of, or relating to a college, or college students.
"The collegiate newspaper was read by every student on campus during finals week."
In plain English: Collegiate means relating to college students or life at university.
"The collegiate style of his writing was very formal and academic."
Usage: Use collegiate as an adjective to describe things related to colleges or university life, such as collegiate sports teams or the distinctive style of American universities. Avoid confusing it with "high school," which is sometimes called a collegiate but refers to secondary education rather than higher learning institutions.
The word entered English via the Middle English form collegiate, which was borrowed from the Medieval Latin collēgiātus. This Latin term originally described a member of a community or group before evolving to refer specifically to students at an institution of higher learning.