intercollegiate
adjective
in·ter·col·le·giate ˌin-tər-kə-ˈlē-jət 
-jē-ət
: existing, carried on, or participating in activities between colleges
intercollegiate athletics
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Indiana University will oversee intercollegiate athletics for the downtown campus. 
Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2022 Under the settlement announced Thursday, St. Thomas agreed to continue the women's tennis team for at least the next four to five years, until all current team members have used up their intercollegiate athletics eligibility. Ryan Faircloth, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021 When Title IX became law, the United States had fewer than 30,000 women involved in intercollegiate sports. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 23 June 2022 In fact, the championship itself ever-so-slightly predates the NCAA’s dominion over women’s intercollegiate athletics. Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2022 College sports lost a singular leader on May 16, 2018, when the iconic SEC commissioner, the most powerful and personable man in intercollegiate athletics, left us at age 77 due to complications from prostate cancer. Kevin Scarbinsky, al, 16 May 2022 But the state of Mississippi had an informal ban on interracial intercollegiate sports and athletics. Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 14 May 2022 The 170-year-old prize awarded in the first U.S. intercollegiate sports competition is going up for auction next month. Holly Ramer, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2022 Diaz became the school’s director at age 30 and soon partnered with St. Mary’s College in Moraga to create an intercollegiate nursing program. Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2021 See More
Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2022 Under the settlement announced Thursday, St. Thomas agreed to continue the women's tennis team for at least the next four to five years, until all current team members have used up their intercollegiate athletics eligibility. Ryan Faircloth, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021 When Title IX became law, the United States had fewer than 30,000 women involved in intercollegiate sports. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 23 June 2022 In fact, the championship itself ever-so-slightly predates the NCAA’s dominion over women’s intercollegiate athletics. Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2022 College sports lost a singular leader on May 16, 2018, when the iconic SEC commissioner, the most powerful and personable man in intercollegiate athletics, left us at age 77 due to complications from prostate cancer. Kevin Scarbinsky, al, 16 May 2022 But the state of Mississippi had an informal ban on interracial intercollegiate sports and athletics. Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 14 May 2022 The 170-year-old prize awarded in the first U.S. intercollegiate sports competition is going up for auction next month. Holly Ramer, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2022 Diaz became the school’s director at age 30 and soon partnered with St. Mary’s College in Moraga to create an intercollegiate nursing program. Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1874, in the meaning defined above