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university
[ yoo-nuh-vur-si-tee ]
noun
- 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.
university
/ ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ /
noun
- an institution of higher education having authority to award bachelors' and higher degrees, usually having research facilities
- the buildings, members, staff, or campus of a university
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Other Words From
- u·ni·ver·si·tar·i·an [yoo-n, uh, -vur-si-, tair, -ee-, uh, n], noun adjective
- anti·uni·versi·ty adjective noun
- counter·uni·versi·ty noun plural counteruniversities
- inter·uni·versi·ty adjective
- nonu·ni·versi·ty noun plural nonuniversities adjective
- preu·ni·versi·ty adjective
- prou·ni·versi·ty adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of university1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of university1
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Example Sentences
“I have to think her body type played a role,” said Rachel Greenblatt, a Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard University.
For years, Brooke even had trouble finding a publisher for his memoir, which was ultimately accepted by Rutgers University Press.
David Greenberg at Rutgers University has a book coming out next year on political spin.
“The origin of Brokpas is lost in antiquity,” a research article from the University of Delhi notes.
The zoologist at University of Tubingen in Germany gave a bunch of spiders some LSD.
These schools became affiliated Universities, but never equalled the Law University in importance.
He was rector of the university of Ilfeldt 40 years, and published several learned works.
The scene and field of that learning hitherto has been, in our Western communities, the University.
John Thornton Kirkland, president of Harvard university, died, aged 70.
They will carry out the dictum of Carlyle that the modern university is a university of books.
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