university

CEFRA1

/junɪˈvɜːsəti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An institution where people study for advanced degrees.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The entirety of a group; all members of a class.

Examples

  • From the moment that I knew that the university existed, I've wanted to go there.

  • Is there a university in this town?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˌjunəˈvərsədi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels.

More examples

In context

  • You met him at the university?

  • The only reason why I haven't gone to university is because I can't afford it.

  • She's studying mathematics at university.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English universite (“institution of higher learning, body of persons constituting a university”) from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin stem of universitas, in juridical and Late Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc"; in Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from universus (“whole, entire”). By surface analysis, universe + -ity.