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Meaning of Ivy League | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.

US

Equivalents

Español Liga de Yedra
Français Ivy League
Nederlands Ivy League

Examples

“Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale form the Ivy League.”
“Almost as an afterthought, we’re given an origin story for Barney’s alcoholism: he was once a sober, studious, Ivy League-bound high school scholar before Homer forced a beer on him that transformed him into a drooling, slurring, out of control rampaging id.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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