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.
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The location is not yet determined, though potential sites include either near the SDSU campus, on property owned by the university or in the eastern portion of the community.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
Kelly took his first assistant coaching job in 1990 at Columbia University and bounced around several northeastern universities before landing an offensive coordinator position with the Oregon Ducks in 2007.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
To demonstrate the potential of their nano-organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), the team formed the university’s logo from 2,800 individual diodes.
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Almost none of the key individuals responsible for pushing UMass into and keeping it in FBS remain at the university.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2025
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
Kelly took his first assistant coaching job in 1990 at Columbia University and bounced around several northeastern universities before landing an offensive coordinator position with the Oregon Ducks in 2007.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
To demonstrate the potential of their nano-organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), the team formed the university’s logo from 2,800 individual diodes.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
Almost none of the key individuals responsible for pushing UMass into and keeping it in FBS remain at the university.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2025
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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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