university

A2 Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˌjunəˈvɝsəti/ UK /junɪˈvɜːsəti/ See IPA manual

Freq #1912

Meanings

1

noun
A place of higher education where students study for degrees and do research.

She's studying mathematics at university.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

academy college instituteunivarsity

Word family

Forms universities

Derived forms jewniversityunivershittyvarsity

Related forms undergraduate universal universe

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Phrases (1)

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prestigious university
a university widely respected for its status or quality

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English universite (“institution of higher learning, body of persons constituting a university”) from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin stem of universitas, in juridical and Late Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc"; in Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from universus (“whole, entire”). By surface analysis, universe + -ity.

universite Middle English université xno universitei Old French

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# university

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌjunəˈvɝsəti/
**IPA (UK):** /junɪˈvɜːsəti/
**Frequency rank:** 1912

## Meanings
1. A place of higher education where students study for degrees and do research.

## Examples
- She's studying mathematics at university.

## Synonyms
- academy
- college
- institute
- uni
- varsity

## Derived Forms
- jewniversity
- univershitty
- varsity

## Related Forms
- undergraduate
- universal
- universe

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: universite
- Root: université
- Root: universitei

## Etymology
From Middle English universite (“institution of higher learning, body of persons constituting a university”) from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin stem of universitas, in juridical and Late Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc"; in Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from universus (“whole, entire”). By surface analysis, universe + -ity.

## AI Etymology
University is from Middle English universite (“institution of higher learning, body of persons constituting a university”) from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin stem of universitas, in juridical and Late Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc"; in Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from universus (“whole, entire”). By surface analysis, universe + -ity. Derived formations include jewniversity, univershitty, varsity.

## Topics
- Education & Learning

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