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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

  • (..) So, what do you got on the books? I'm busy. No, no, I can see how busy you are. So I'll try to be as quick as possible here. The university is pulling the plug on your brother's lab. Pulling the plug? Yeah, it's gonna finally give us all the storage space we need. Let's get something straight here, (..)
    2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth