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intramural

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Word definitions for intramural in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intramural \In`tra*mu"ral\, a. Being within the walls, as of a city. Hence: Of or pertaining to those activities occurring within a single institution or organization, such as intramural sports involving students of a single school; an intramural debate ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. carried on within the bounds of an institution or community; "most of the students participated actively in the college's intramural sports program" [ant: extramural ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1846, literally "within the walls," from intra- "within" + Latin muralis "pertaining to a wall," from murus "wall" (see mural ). Activity "within the walls" of a city, building, community, school, etc. Equivalent to Late Latin intramuranus .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ intramural sports EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He attacked intramural burial, the Mendicant Orders, and bullfights - all characteristic policies of enlightened statesmen. ▪ Instead, it led to a complicated intramural struggle. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Within the walls; within one institution, particularly a school. 2 Within the substance of the walls of an organ. n. A (usually sports) competition between teams belonging to the same school.

Usage examples of intramural.

There must be a systematic way to make curricular changes without necessarily triggering bloody intramural conflict each time.

I have watched a lot of bad acts in my time, from tag-team pro wrestling in Flomaton, Alabama, to the Roller Derby on Oakland TV and intramural softball tournaments at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois -- but I'm damned if I can remember anything as insanely fucking dull as that Third Annual International Cozumel Fishing Tournament.

They hadn't been instilled with four years of intramurals and simply didn't take such things as seriously.

Her roommate played jai alai in the intramural league, but the dangerous game terrified Janice.

UM #1: (And) he will rue the day he comes here and agitates, because the day he marches in the Saint-Whoever Parade is the day all the white folks put their goddamn internecine and intramural differences aside and unite.