Student Body

English translation: students considered as a group

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English term or phrase:Student Body
Selected answer:students considered as a group
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

02:28 Dec 23, 2021
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English term or phrase: Student Body
I'm sorry guys, but I have some questions.
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I am translating the introduction of the university.

Student Body: co-ed
What does 'student body' mean here? As far as I know, co-ed refers to boys and girls going to school together, right?
soojung hyun
South Korea
the students of the university
Explanation:
AKA body of students

and co-ed means the student body has both male and female students

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Note added at 13 mins (2021-12-23 02:42:16 GMT)
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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/student...
A student body is all the students of a particular college or university, considered as a group.

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Note added at 17 mins (2021-12-23 02:46:27 GMT) Post-grading
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5the students of the university
Yvonne Gallagher
5 +3All the students as a collective
Ruth Hill
Summary of reference entries provided
ref.
bonafide1313

  

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student body
All the students as a collective


Explanation:
It's just a way of referring to all the students as a group. And you're right: co-ed means co-educational, with girls and boys studying together, as you said.

Ruth Hill
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Badri Seyed Jalali
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agree  Anastasia Kalantzi
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agree  Katalin Horváth McClure
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
student body
the students of the university


Explanation:
AKA body of students

and co-ed means the student body has both male and female students

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Note added at 13 mins (2021-12-23 02:42:16 GMT)
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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/student...
A student body is all the students of a particular college or university, considered as a group.

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Note added at 17 mins (2021-12-23 02:46:27 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to help

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 16:39
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thank you very much!

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agree  Tony M
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I believe the dictionary definition below should help:
Student body definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionaryhttps://www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › studen...
A student body is all the students of a particular college or university, considered as a group. Today, the student body is roughly 60 percent Black and ...

...https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/student-...

bonafide1313
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