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university

u·ni·ver·si·ty
U u

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [yoo-nuh-vur-si-tee]
    • /ˌyu nəˈvɜr sɪ ti/
    • /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəti/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yoo-nuh-vur-si-tee]
    • /ˌyu nəˈvɜr sɪ ti/

Definitions of university word

  • noun plural university 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. 1
  • noun university institution 1
  • noun university higher education in general 1
  • noun university university members 1
  • noun university of a university 1
  • variable noun university A university is an institution where students study for degrees and where academic research is done. 0
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Origin of university

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English universite < Old French < Medieval Latin ūniversitās, Late Latin: guild, corporation, Latin: totality, equivalent to ūnivers(us) (see universe) + -itās -ity

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Parts of speech for University

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of University

university popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for university

noun university

  • alma mater — Your alma mater is the school or university which you went to.
  • college — A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.
  • faculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
  • graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.

adj university

  • collegiate — Collegiate means belonging or relating to a college or to college students.

adjective university

  • academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
All 14 Synonyms of university

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Related words

  • college

    A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.

  • school

    a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.

  • alumnus

    The alumni of a school, college, or university are the people who used to be students there.

  • cantabrigian

    of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University

  • varsity

    any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like: He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.

  • bursar

    The bursar of a school or college is the person who is in charge of its finance or general administration.
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