Collegebound

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bound for college; soon to attend college. not-comparable

    "“I urge you all to argue with your teachers, argue with your parents,” Sanders told a group of about 60 students at South Burlington High School — generally liberal, affluent and collegebound — one afternoon in mid-December."

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"“I urge you all to argue with your teachers, argue with your parents,” Sanders told a group of about 60 students at South Burlington High School — generally liberal, affluent and collegebound — one afternoon in mid-December."

Etymology

From college + -bound.

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