university
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nəˈvɜr 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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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 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 |
| [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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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
universe). In the academic sense, a shortening of universitas magistrorum et scholarium "community of masters and scholars;" superseded studium as the word for this.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The idea that a university education is for everyone is a destructive myth.
His rapid success in the university raised higher hopes.
Extra years of schooling and wider access to university are everywhere supposed to be good for growth.
He was finishing his dissertation at a top university.
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