university
noun
uni·ver·si·ty
ˌyü-nə-ˈvər-sə-tē 
-ˈvər-stē
plural universities
1
: an institution of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees
specifically
: one made up of an undergraduate division which confers bachelor's degrees and a graduate division which comprises a graduate school and professional schools each of which may confer master's degrees and doctorates
2
: the physical plant of a university
Examples of university in a Sentence
I applied to several public universities.
He lives near the university.
Recent Examples on the Web
With a focus on current and future students, Chancellor Leavitt is thinking creatively about the university’s academic and building infrastructure.
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Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
Around 70% of the university's costs come from personnel.
—The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
The university's Gender and Sexuality Center became the Women's Community Center.
—Lily Kepner, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Some states, like Texas, ban diversity offices at universities altogether.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2024
From her vantage point at the university’s Saluki Stadium, the spectacle disappeared right as the final bit of the sun was extinguished by the moon.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Even before the campus protests, the university was the focus of a free-speech battle when student protesters heckled Stuart Kyle Duncan, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit who had come to speak with the university chapter of the Federalist Society.
—Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The investigation is one of several the federal government is conducting into U.S. universities in the wake of divisive campus protests since Oct. 7.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The Big 12 is loaded with massive universities and centered in the Southern Plains.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
Around 70% of the university's costs come from personnel.
—The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
The university's Gender and Sexuality Center became the Women's Community Center.
—Lily Kepner, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Some states, like Texas, ban diversity offices at universities altogether.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2024
From her vantage point at the university’s Saluki Stadium, the spectacle disappeared right as the final bit of the sun was extinguished by the moon.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Even before the campus protests, the university was the focus of a free-speech battle when student protesters heckled Stuart Kyle Duncan, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit who had come to speak with the university chapter of the Federalist Society.
—Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The investigation is one of several the federal government is conducting into U.S. universities in the wake of divisive campus protests since Oct. 7.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The Big 12 is loaded with massive universities and centered in the Southern Plains.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
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university
noun
uni·ver·si·ty
ˌyü-nə-ˈvər-sət-ē
-ˈvər-stē
plural universities
: a school that offers courses leading to a degree (as a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree) and where research is done
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