intramural
adjective
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Definition of intramural
1a
: being or occurring within the limits usually of a community, organization, or institution
intramural squabbles
b
: competed only within the student body
intramural sports
2
: situated or occurring within the substance of the walls of an organ
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Other Words from intramural
intramurally
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adverb
Examples of intramural in a Sentence
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Theta Chi insisted that Young run in the intramural cross country race. — Frank O. Sotomayor, azcentral, "Arizona's George Young, first U.S. 4-time Olympic runner, looks back," 17 Aug. 2019 The audit confirmed Morehead took at least $2,280 from intramural funds between November 2018 and February 2019. — Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, "Audit in wake of theft by former Lake Forest High School employee leads to stronger accounting, officials say," 5 Aug. 2019 The rest should go to support intramural sports and those teams, like croquet and curling, that will never make a dime. — William L. Rukeyser, The Mercury News, "Opinion: Here鈥檚 how NCAA college sports could be deregulated," 4 Aug. 2019 The intramural conflict is threatening to overshadow President Donald Trump鈥檚 history of race-baiting and xenophobia. — Steve Peoples, The Denver Post, "Dem infighting on race spills into 2020 presidential contest," 12 July 2019 Beyond providing the basic facilities for gym classes and intramural games, our universities shouldn鈥檛 have anything to do with organized sports. — Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine, "What We Do in the Shadows," 24 June 2019 That kind of intramural argument on the right has a history coterminous with that of the modern conservative movement. — Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, "The Right Liberalism," 11 July 2019 Dupont was always interested in sports, becoming the undefeated Golden Gloves boxing champion in high school and playing intramural sports in college. — Rocky Baier, azcentral, "Fiesta Bowl founder Don Dupont dies at 89," 4 July 2019 Brophy is now the associate director of intramural and club sports at UAH, said Ray Garner in the president鈥檚 office. — Josh Bean | [email protected], al.com, "Alabama-Huntsville elevates volleyball coach to interim athletic director," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'intramural.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for intramural
intramural
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of intramural
US
: existing or occurring within a particular group or organization (such as a school)
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intramural
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Kids Definition of intramural
: being or occurring within the limits of a school
intramural sports
intramural
adjective
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Medical Definition of intramural
: situated or occurring within the substance of the walls of an organ
intramural infarction failure of or delay in intramural myocardial conduction — American Journal of Cardiology
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