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u⋅ni⋅ver⋅si⋅ty

  [yoo-nuh-vur-si-tee]
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–noun, plural -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; ME universite < OF < ML ūniversitās, LL: guild, corporation, L: totality, equiv. to ūnivers(us) (see universe ) + -itās -ity

Related forms:
u⋅ni⋅ver⋅si⋅tar⋅i⋅an  [yoo-nuh-vur-si-tair-ee-uhn] , noun, adjective
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u·ni·ver·si·ty   (yōō'nə-vûr'sĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. u·ni·ver·si·ties
  1. An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.
  2. The buildings and grounds of such an institution.
  3. The body of students and faculty of such an institution.

[Middle English universite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin ūniversitās, from Latin, the whole, a corporate body, from ūniversus, whole; see universe.]
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