A New Zealand informal shortening of 'polytechnic' — a tertiary educational institution offering vocational and technical qualifications. In New Zealand the polytechnic sector was significantly restructured and rebranded in the 2020s, but 'polytech' remains the casual everyday term for these institutions among New Zealanders.
He was doing his engineering qualification at the local polytech.
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(NZ) A polytechnic.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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