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noun, plural u·ni·ver·si·ties.
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.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English universite < Old French < Medieval Latin ūniversitās, Late Latin: guild, corporation, Latin: totality, equivalent to ūnivers(us) (see universe) + -itās -ity
1250–1300; Middle English universite < Old French < Medieval Latin ūniversitās, Late Latin: guild, corporation, Latin: totality, equivalent to ūnivers(us) (see universe) + -itās -ity
Related forms
an·ti·u·ni·ver·si·ty, adjective, noun
coun·ter·u·ni·ver·si·ty, noun, plural coun·ter·u·ni·ver·si·ties.
in·ter·u·ni·ver·si·ty, adjective
non·u·ni·ver·si·ty, noun, plural non·u·ni·ver·si·ties, adjective
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University
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Example Sentences
- The university acquiesced and opened the first co-educational, graduate level medical school.
- But he sued because he claimed the university had not returned a signed copy of the severance package.
- However, critics then and now argue that any university that receives taxpayer funds should be open to scrutiny.
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Word Origin & History
university
c.1300, "institution of higher learning," also "body of persons constituting a university," from Anglo-Fr. université, O.Fr. universitei (13c.), from M.L. universitatem (nom. universitas), in L.L. "corporation, society," from L., "the whole, aggregate," from universus "whole, entire" (see
EXPAND universe). In the academic sense, a shortening of universitas magistrorum et scholarium "community of masters and scholars;" superseded studium as the word for this.
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