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university

Definition

  • noun: a school that offers courses leading to a degree (such as a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree) and where research is done
  • noun: an institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees
  • abbr. 'U., Univ'.
  • synonyms: school, institute, college

Examples

  • ('Brit') Did she go 'to university'? [=did she study at a university?]

  • ('Brit') She studied chemistry 'at university'.

  • He lives near the 'university'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ""Careful there, Vicar."" Always imagined it's a pretty tough job, though, acting. - The wages are a scandal, aren't they ? - They can be. l see friends from university-- clever chaps. Been in the business longer than you. They're scraping by on seven, eight thousand a year. You know, it's no life. (..)
    1999 Notting Hill