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The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.
Allan Bloom

Meaning of "university" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD UNIVERSITY

From Old French universite, from Medieval Latin universitās group of scholars, from Late Latin: guild, society, body of men, from Latin: whole, totality, universe.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF UNIVERSITY

university  [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNIVERSITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
University is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNIVERSITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects and provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word "university" is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars."...

Definition of university in the English dictionary

The definition of university in the dictionary is an institution of higher education having authority to award bachelors' and higher degrees, usually having research facilities. Other definition of university is the buildings, members, staff, or campus of a university.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNIVERSITY


abstrusity
æbˈstruːsɪtɪ
adversity
ədˈvɜːsɪtɪ
antiobesity
ˌæntɪəʊˈbiːsɪtɪ
biodiversity
ˌbaɪəʊdaɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
caducity
kəˈdjuːsɪtɪ
cecity
ˈsiːsɪtɪ
diversity
daɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
globesity
ˌɡləʊˈbiːsɪtɪ
interuniversity
ˌɪntəˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
intervarsity
ˌɪntəˈvɑːsɪtɪ
klendusity
klɛnˈdjuːsɪtɪ
multiversity
ˌmʌltɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
obtusity
əbˈtjuːsɪtɪ
overdiversity
ˌəʊvədaɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
paucity
ˈpɔːsɪtɪ
perversity
pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ
polydispersity
ˌpɒlɪdɪˈspɜːsɪtɪ
raucity
ˈrɔːsɪtɪ
sparsity
ˈspɑːsɪtɪ
varsity
ˈvɑːsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNIVERSITY

universalize
universally
universalness
universe
universe of discourse
universitarian
universities
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
Universities Central Council on Admissions
Universities Funding Committee
university degree
university education
university entrance
university entrance examination
university extension courses
university faculty
university fees
University Grants Committee
university hospital
university student

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNIVERSITY

antiuniversity
biological diversity
campus university
civic university
curiosity
density
generosity
high-density
intensity
luminosity
necessity
nonuniversity
obesity
Open University
preuniversity
propensity
redbrick university
State university
the Open University
viscosity

Synonyms and antonyms of university in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «university» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNIVERSITY

Find out the translation of university to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of university from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «university» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

universidad
570 millions of speakers

English

university
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विश्वविद्यालय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَامِعَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

университет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

universidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

université
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Universiti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Universität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大学
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대학
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Universitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đại học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பல்கலைக்கழக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विद्यापीठ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üniversite
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

università
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uniwersytet
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

університет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

universitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πανεπιστήμιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Universiteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

universitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

universitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of university

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNIVERSITY»

The term «university» is very widely used and occupies the 756 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNIVERSITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «university» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «university» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about university

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNIVERSITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word university.
1
Roger Bannister
My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.
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Ben Barnes
When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were sort of chosen for me.
3
Alan Bennett
I didn't even have a clear idea of why I wanted to go to Oxford - apart from the fact I had fallen in love with the architecture. It certainly wasn't out of some great sense of academic or intellectual achievement. In many ways, my education only began after I'd left university.
4
Peter L. Bergen
Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company, which was obviously a rather successful enterprise.
5
Allan Bloom
The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.
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Natasha Calis
I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
7
Michael Cerveris
My father is a university professor so when the schools needed a little kid for their productions I was often the kid they used. The first time I was ever on stage was about 2nd grade.
8
Nicholas A. Christakis
One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to declare victory and move on to new frontiers.
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John Clute
Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most routine science fiction novel, but they have escaped the stigma of being labeled as genre.
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Juan Cole
But September 11 marked a big change in the sense that the public was suddenly interested, and as a professor at a public university I felt a responsibility to respond to all of the inquiries about the Islamic world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNIVERSITY»

Discover the use of university in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to university and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The University in Ruins
Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy and in the work of British thinkers such as Newman and Arnold, Bill Readings argues that the integrity of the modern University has been linked to the nation-state, ...
Bill Readings, 1996
2
THE USES OF THE UNIVERSITY
Anyone wishing to understand the American research university—past, present, and future—must begin with a careful reading of this book." —Derek Bok, President Emeritus, Harvard University
Clark Kerr, 2001
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How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage ...
Assessing the costs of higher education's corporatization on faculty and students at every level, How the University Works is urgent reading for anyone interested in the fate of the university.
Marc Bousquet, Cary Nelson, 2008
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Creating the Cold War University: The Transformation of Stanford
The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex, and its archetype, according to Rebecca Lowen, is Stanford University.
Rebecca S. Lowen, 1997
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The University of Google: Education in the (Post) ...
In The University of Google, Tara Brabazon projects a defiant and passionate vision of education as a pathway to renewal, where students are on a journey through knowledge rather than consumers in the shopping centre of cheap ideas.
Professor Tara Brabazon, 2012
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The Enterprise University: Power, Governance and Reinvention ...
This 2001 book studies the organisational systems and culture of Australia's universities.
Simon Marginson, Mark Considine, 2000
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A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, ...
A synthesis of the intellectual, social, political and religious life of the early University.
Hilde de Ridder-Symoens, 2003
8
The American College and University: A History
In his foreword to this new edition, John Thelin assesses the impact that Rudolph's work has had on higher education studies.
Frederick Rudolph, 2011
9
Academic Capitalism: Politics, Policies, and the ...
To grasp the extent of changes taking place and to understand the forces of change, Academic Capitalism examines the current state of academic careers and institutions, with a particular focus on public research universities in the United ...
Sheila Slaughter, Larry L. Leslie, 1999
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Composition in the University: Historical and Polemical Essays
The essays in this book are informed by Crowley's long career of teaching composition, administering a composition program, and training teachers of the required introductory course.
Sharon Crowley, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNIVERSITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term university is used in the context of the following news items.
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University of Cincinnati Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Samuel …
A University of Cincinnati police officer was indicted Wednesday on a murder charge in what a prosecutor called “a senseless, asinine shooting” of an unarmed ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Former University of Virginia Fraternity Members Sue Rolling Stone
Three former members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia filed a lawsuit against Rolling Stone on Wednesday for defamation and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Supreme Court to consider University of Texas race-conscious …
Two years ago, the court voted 7 to 1 to send the University of Texas at Austin's plan back for further judicial review and told the lower court to apply the kind of ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
4
Diddy arrested on suspicion of assault on University of California …
The rapper and hip-hop producer Diddy was arrested on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles on Monday, on suspicion of assault with a ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
University of Virginia Fraternity to Go After Rolling Stone for Rape …
The University of Virginia fraternity at the center of a retracted article by Rolling Stone magazine that detailed a purported gang rape by its members said on ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
6
CNN goes inside site of university massacre
CNN has been granted access to Garissa University in Kenya, where nearly 150 students were massacred by Al-Shabaab militants. Christian Purefoy reports. «CNN, Apr 15»
7
Scores dead in al-Shabaab university attack in Kenya
Masked gunmen from al-Shabaab stormed into the university shortly after 5am and then claimed to be holding an unknown number of Kenyan Christians ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
8
Transcript: Ted Cruz's speech at Liberty University
God bless Liberty University. (APPLAUSE). I am thrilled to join you today at the largest Christian university in the world. (APPLAUSE). Today I want to talk with ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
9
Police Find No Evidence of Rape at University of Virginia Fraternity
The police here said Monday that they had found “no substantive basis” to support a Rolling Stone magazine article depicting a horrific gang rape at a University ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
10
Bloody Arrest Puts University of Virginia Back in the Spotlight
It comes just months after the university found itself at the center of a national firestorm over a Rolling Stone report about an alleged gang rape at a fraternity ... «TIME, Mar 15»

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