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Meaning of university | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1 Frequent
junɪˈvɜːsəti

Definitions

  1. The university.
  2. Leng=es.
  3. An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels.
    countable, uncountable
  4. Student of university.
  5. The entirety of a group; all members of a class.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  6. Person that has graduated in the university.

Equivalents

Afrikaans universiteit
العربية الجامعة جامعة
Беларуская універсітэт
Български университет
Català universitat
Cymraeg prifysgol
Dansk universitet
Ελληνικά πανεπιστήμιο
Esperanto universitato
Eesti ülikool
Euskara unibertsitate
Suomi yliopisto
Français fac univ université
Gaeilge ollscoil
Gàidhlig oilthigh
Galego universidade
Hausa jami'a
Հայերեն համալսարան
Bahasa Indonesia universitas universitet
Íslenska háskóli
日本語 大学 大学校
ქართული უნივერსიტეტი
Қазақша университет
한국어 대학 대학교
Latina universitas
Lëtzebuergesch Universitéit
Lietuvių universitetas
Latviešu universitāte
Македонски универзитет
Монгол их сургууль
Bahasa Melayu universiti
Malti università
မြန်မာဘာသာ တက္ကသိုလ်
پښتو پوهنتون
Português universidade
Română universitate
Русский университе́т
Ikinyarwanda kaminuza
Slovenčina univerzita
Slovenščina univerza
Српски универзитет
Kiswahili chuo kikuu
Тоҷикӣ донишгоҳ
Türkmençe uniwersitet
ئۇيغۇرچە ئۇنىۋېرسىتېت
Українська університет
Oʻzbekcha universitet

Examples

“She's studying mathematics at university.”
“The only reason why I haven't gone to university is because I can't afford it.”
“During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]”
“Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.”
“The most compelling stories of whether university is worth it are examples where a university education lifts the economic standing of a poor or disadvantaged student to a higher socioeconomic position.”
“The NIAID supports projects at universities and research organizations around the United States as well as a network of 21 NIAID labs across the country.”
“[I]t appears a pity to banish the women and children. But to this can be opposed that holy act of your Majesty which expelled the Moriscos, and the children of the Moriscos, for the reason given in the royal edict. Whenever any detestable crime is committed by any university, it is well to punish all.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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