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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; 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 -ties.
in·ter·u·ni·ver·si·ty, adjective
non·u·ni·ver·si·ty, noun, plural -ties, adjective
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University
has a plethora of syllables.
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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
Example Sentences
- However, critics then and now argue that any university that receives taxpayer funds should be open to scrutiny.
- Nowadays even moderately well-off students often take a break between school and university to go round the world.
- University tightens oversight of sensitive research.
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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 In the academic sense, a shortening of universitas magistrorum et scholarium "community of masters and scholars;" superseded studium as the word for this.
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