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alma mater
al·ma ma·ter or Al·ma Ma·ter A0220400 (ăl′mə mä′tər, äl′mə)n.1. The school, college, or university that one has attended.2. The anthem of an institution of higher learning.
[From Latin Alma Māter, nourishing mother (epithet of certain goddesses) : alma, feminine of almus, nourishing; see al- in Indo-European roots + māter, mother; see maternal.]alma mater (ˈælmə ˈmɑːtə; ˈmeɪtə) n (often capitals) one's school, college, or university[C17: from Latin: bountiful mother]al•ma ma•ter (ˈɑl mə ˈmɑ tər, ˈæl-; ˈæl mə ˈmeɪ tər)
n. a school, college, or university at which one has studied and, usu., from which one has graduated. [< Latin: nourishing (i.e., dear) mother] alma mater1. A Latin phrase meaning bountiful mother, used by people to refer to the school or university from which they graduated.2. The school, university, or college where a person was educated.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  alma mater - your alma mater is a school you graduated fromschool - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900" |
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alma mater1. The school that one attended. One typically only uses the term after graduating from the school. I am visiting my alma mater this weekend, and I hope that some of my old professors are still there. Your alma mater did not fare so well in the big game!2. A school's official song. In high school, we had to memorize the words to our alma mater. They play the alma mater every year at graduation.alma materAlso, Alma Mater. The school or college one attended and, usually, graduated from, as in During football season I always check to see how my alma mater is doing. This expression sometimes refers to the institution's official song, as in I never did learn the words to my college's alma mater. The term is Latin for "kind mother." [c. 1800] AcronymsSeeairmailalma mater
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