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nonconference

nonconference adjective: not within an athletic conference.

Adjective

nonconference (not comparable)

  1. Not within an athletic conference
    • a nonconference game
    • And Stanford has played Baylor and Rutgers during the nonconference schedule.2008 December 21, “Top-10 Spot Is Not Quite So Lofty”, in The New York Times

Origin of nonconference

From non- + conference.

Questions about nonconference

What does nonconference mean?
Nonconference means not within an athletic conference.
What part of speech is nonconference?
Nonconference is an adjective.

Words near nonconference in the dictionary

  1. nonconductor
  2. nonconductors
  3. nonconfectionery
  4. nonconfederate
  5. nonconfederates
  6. nonconference
  7. nonconfessing
  8. nonconfession
  9. nonconfessional
  10. nonconfessions
  11. nonconfidence

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