intramural
adjective
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With its Latin prefix intra-, "within" (not to be confused with inter-, "between"), intramural means literally "within the walls". The word is usually used for sports played between teams made up only from students at one campus. Intramural athletics is often the most popular extracurricular activity at a college or university.
Examples of intramural in a Sentence
Eileen T. Meslar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024
And going all the way back to when the Detroit Free Press reported on an intramural game played on Aug. 15, 1857, by members of the Franklin Baseball Club at the corner of Beaubien and Adams, Detroit has been intimately tied to baseball.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2024
Before going to the governor’s desk, amendments in the Senate had removed restrictions on women playing on men’s teams, as well as references to collegiate intramural sports.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Aug. 2024
The previous one, which has been demolished in the spring to make room for a new residence hall was, per the university, an outdoor sports complex for the school's intramural and club sports, as well as the marching band.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
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“Intramural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intramural. Accessed 1 Nov. 2024.
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