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university

[ yoo-nuh-vur-si-tee ]

noun

, plural u·ni·ver·si·ties.
  1. an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.


university

/ ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. an institution of higher education having authority to award bachelors' and higher degrees, usually having research facilities
  2. the buildings, members, staff, or campus of a university
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • u·ni·ver·si·tar·i·an [yoo-n, uh, -vur-si-, tair, -ee-, uh, n], noun adjective
  • anti·uni·versi·ty adjective noun
  • counter·uni·versi·ty noun plural counteruniversities
  • inter·uni·versi·ty adjective
  • nonu·ni·versi·ty noun plural nonuniversities adjective
  • preu·ni·versi·ty adjective
  • prou·ni·versi·ty adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of university1

1250–1300; Middle English universite < Old French < Medieval Latin ūniversitās, Late Latin: guild, corporation, Latin: totality, equivalent to ūnivers ( us ) ( universe ) + -itās -ity
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Word History and Origins

Origin of university1

C14: from Old French universite, from Medieval Latin universitās group of scholars, from Late Latin: guild, society, body of men, from Latin: whole, totality, universe
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Example Sentences

Still, experts warn that final numbers remain uncertain and universities still face months of volatility.

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Government funding can speed commercialization by supporting research at universities, federal laboratories, and private companies.

Researchers at Oxford and a university spin-off company Vaccitech started with a weakened version of an adenovirus that causes colds in chimpanzees.

The university is embracing a mix of many online courses and a smaller number – about 12 percent of the total – of in-person classes.

Some 81% of tech employees and university students say they believe big technology firms need more regulation, according to a study conducted by Index Ventures and Qualtrics between May and June.

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“I have to think her body type played a role,” said Rachel Greenblatt, a Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard University.

For years, Brooke even had trouble finding a publisher for his memoir, which was ultimately accepted by Rutgers University Press.

David Greenberg at Rutgers University has a book coming out next year on political spin.

“The origin of Brokpas is lost in antiquity,” a research article from the University of Delhi notes.

The zoologist at University of Tubingen in Germany gave a bunch of spiders some LSD.

These schools became affiliated Universities, but never equalled the Law University in importance.

He was rector of the university of Ilfeldt 40 years, and published several learned works.

The scene and field of that learning hitherto has been, in our Western communities, the University.

John Thornton Kirkland, president of Harvard university, died, aged 70.

They will carry out the dictum of Carlyle that the modern university is a university of books.

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