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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

  • (..) - You cannot feed capons so - I have nothing with this answer, Hamlet - These words are not mine - No, nor mine now Now, my lord, you played once at the university you say? That I did my lord, and was accounted a good actor - And what did you enact? - I did enact Julius Caesar (..)
    2015 Hamlet