alumni

Language: en

🇬🇧 /əˈlʌˌmnaɪ/ 🇺🇸 /əˈlʌˌmnaɪ/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Plural of alumnus; former students or graduates of a school, college, or university, typically male or of mixed gender.; Former members, employees, or participants of an organization, company, or group.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: alumni

Collocations

alumni associationalumni networkalumni reunionalumni magazinealumni eventdistinguished alumni

Derivatives

alumnaalumnaealumalumnal

Synonyms

graduatesformer studentsex-studentsold boysold girls

Antonyms

studentsundergraduates

Commonly confused

alumna
EN: 'Alumna' is the feminine singular form; 'alumnus' is the masculine singular form.
alumnae
EN: 'Alumnae' is the feminine plural form; 'alumni' is the masculine (or mixed-gender) plural form.
alum
EN: 'Alum' is an informal gender-neutral singular abbreviation of 'alumnus/alumna'.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the Latin declension: alumnus (masc. sing.), alumni (masc./mixed pl.), alumna (fem. sing.), alumnae (fem. pl.). 'Alumni' is often incorrectly used as a singular form.

💬 Examples

  1. The university invited all alumni to attend the centennial celebration.

  2. Several alumni of the tech startup went on to found their own successful companies.