varsity
any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like: He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.
Chiefly British Informal. university.
of or relating to a university or school team, activity, or competition: a varsity debater.
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- in·ter·var·si·ty, adjective
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How to use varsity in a sentence
Brandi Levy was 14 in 2017 when she used Snapchat to express her frustration after failing to make the Mahanoy Area High School varsity cheerleading squad.
Supreme Court backs cheerleader over school that punished her for Snapchat post | Jon Brodkin | June 23, 2021 | Ars TechnicaYou might also ask how she finesses this without badmouthing the kids' father, since that's the varsity-parenting skill.
Carolyn Hax: Single-mom sister teaches her kids a cynical view of love. Is she wrong? | Carolyn Hax | June 11, 2021 | Washington PostA year later, realizing he wasn’t going to make the varsity, he asked Smith whether he could observe practices.
Roy Williams is walking away — and college basketball is losing a pillar of goodness | John Feinstein | April 1, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s repurposed here to argue that voters should send “the varsity” and not “the JV team” if they want to stop China’s exploitation of America.
The Trailer: Election conspiracy theories are here to stay. Is the filibuster? | David Weigel | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostSports practices and events have also been suspended, with exceptions being made for varsity women’s and men’s basketball.
Naval Academy moves nearly 200 midshipmen to hotels after rise in coronavirus cases | Lauren Lumpkin | March 4, 2021 | Washington Post
Army B-squad players who fail to make it onto the varsity team after a year or two usually quit football.
Lewis did not get on the field for a single varsity game during his four years at West Point.
When he next tried out for the varsity, he weighed 174 pounds and was faster than he had been on his arrival at West Point.
How His West Point Football Experience Inspired Eisenhower | Nicolaus Mills | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTObama already has had to explain away comments linking the Islamic State to a junior varsity team.
Later that week, a player on the girls varsity walked up to me and asked if I was a reporter.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own | Robert Silverman | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"Please, sir, I'm not out for the 'varsity," said Stover confusedly.
The Varmint | Owen Johnson"Green House, sir," said Stover, awed by the sight of a 'varsity jersey.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonI am most particular in the choice of a curate, and should, of course, prefer a public school and 'varsity man.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamA great deal of speculation had been aroused by Bob Collingwood's determination to take Merriwell upon the 'varsity crew.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. StandishBefore he set out again for the west I gave him a supper, asking the men who had been with us in the old 'varsity days.
Black Rock | Ralph Connor
British Dictionary definitions for varsity
/ (ˈvɑːsɪtɪ) /
British, NZ and Southern African informal university, formerly used esp at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge
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