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Meaning of UWs | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Upper West Side: a neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
  2. Initialism of University of WisconsinSuperior.
  3. Initialism of University of the West of Scotland.
  4. Initialism of University of Western States.

Examples

“After some new Shake Shack UWS plywood was revealed yesterday, there was some chatter in the comments and elsewhere that the creators were ripping off the...”
“When word of a dead woman at a local swimming hole gets out, for example, an Upper West Side transplant with the user name BOYMAMA laments, “Jesus Christ, we left the UWS to move somewhere safe!””
“A 55-year-old man visiting from Denmark was slashed in the face in an unprovoked attack on the Upper West Side on Wednesday.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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