student body

noun

: the students at an educational institution

Examples of student body in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
But at highly selective private colleges like those in the Ivy League for example, students from the bottom 20% of the income distribution have consistently made up only about 5% of the student bodies at these institutions across the last century. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Warnock’s words were similar to his message earlier that day at a magnet school with a student body that is three-quarters Black and counts Diana Ross as an alumna. Philip Eliott / Detroit, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024 About three hundred women applied that year, from a student body of roughly ten thousand. Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 Representatives from student bodies, celebrities, and prominent cultural figures turned up to show their support for the strike at the press conference. George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for student body 

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of student body was in 1841

Dictionary Entries Near student body

Cite this Entry

“Student body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20body. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!