JV
Second-string high school
JV is short for junior varsity—the secondary team in American high school and college athletics, below the varsity squad.
JV teams typically consist of younger or less experienced players developing their skills: He made JV as a freshman.
The abbreviation also stands for joint venture in business contexts.
First-year student
- sophomoreSecond-year pupil
- underclassmanFirst or second-year student
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- second-stringSubstitute team members
developmental · reserve · tryouts · letterman · scrimmage · benchwarmer · intramural · eligibility
Shared business arrangement
- allianceFormal union of parties
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- mergerCorporate combination
acquisition · stakeholder · co-investment · multinational · conglomerate · syndicate · affiliate · subsidiary
freshman
First-year student
- sophomoreSecond-year pupil
- underclassmanFirst or second-year student
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
second-string · developmental · reserve · tryouts · letterman · scrimmage · benchwarmer · intramural · eligibility
partnership
Shared business arrangement
- allianceFormal union of parties
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
merger · acquisition · stakeholder · co-investment · multinational · conglomerate · syndicate · affiliate · subsidiary · profit-sharing
- wrestlingbody slam, wrestlers, takedown, pinfall, suplex
- competition levelselite tier, top tier, mid tier, lower tier, upper tier
- competitor statusactive, inactive, retired, current, former
- school sportsbasketball, football, soccer, baseball, sports teams
- youth sportsyouth soccer, youth basketball, youth swimming, youth volleyball, youth wrestling
- cross countryrunner, race, meet, course, spikes
JVvarsity
Primary school squad
V · first team · starting lineup · A-team · varsity letter
JVvarsity
Primary school squad
advanced · veteran · upper level · experienced · rookie