alumni

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/əˈlʌmnaɪ/South Asia/əˈlʊmnaj/South Asia/ələmˈnaj/South Asia/ˈaləmnaj/

noun

An individual alumnus or alumna.

“We are alumni who just graduated from Harvard.”

CommonScrabble 8

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of alumnus

    We are alumni who just graduated from Harvard.

    1 more example

    The alumni of this university include many famous artists and politicians.

  2. pluralplural of alumna
  3. pluralplural of alum
nounalumni (plural alumni or alumnis)

plural alumnis

  1. proscribedsometimesAn individual alumnus or alumna.

    EMBA alumnis and other

    2022, Elina Auvinen, Mari Huhtala, Johanna Rantanen, Taru Feldt, “Drivers or Drifters? The “Who” and “Why” of Leader Role Occupancy—A Mixed-Method Study”, in Zeynep Aycan, Mustafa F. Ozbilgin, Kim Yin Chan, editors, What Is Wrong with Leader Emergence?, Frontiers Media, →ISBN, page 34
    3 more examples

    An alumni of AmeriCorps, she has been trained as a red-carded firefighter and a national park ranger.

    2002, Jack Canfield et al., Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love and Friendship

    In the Indonesian context, a recommendation as such is surprising, considering the fact that a part of the Bali Bombing actors are alumnis of the Al Mukmin Ngruki Surakarta Pesantren.

    2005, Abdul Wasik, Islamic Education in South and South East Asia: Diversity, Problems, and Strategy, RIDEP Institute, →ISBN, page 9

    Happy alumnis: / - enforces brand / - donors to school / - recommend program

    2008, Pär Mårtensson, Magnus Bild, Kristina Nilsson, editors, Teaching and Learning at Business Schools: Transforming Business Education, Gower Publishing, →ISBN, page 186

    Synonyms: alum, alumn, alumnx

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn individual alumnus or alumna.

Origin

  1. Latinalumni
  2. Englishalumni

From Latin alumni.

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APA

alumni. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alumni

MLA

“alumni.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alumni. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alumni,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alumni.

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