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Noun: university  ,yoo-nu'vur-si-tee
  1. The body of faculty and students at a university
    - school [N. Amer], uni [Brit]
     
  2. Establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
    - school [N. Amer], uni [Brit]
     
  3. A large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees
    - school [N. Amer], uni [Brit]

Derived forms: universities

Type of: body, educational institution, establishment

Part of: academe, academia

Encyclopedia: University, Florida University, FL University, MS University, Hayes and Orton Halls University, Arizona University University, Denver, Colorado University, Denver University, Minneapolis University, Orange County, North Carolina University, North Carolina University, Toronto University, Oxford University, Minneapolis, Minnesota University, Minneapolis, MN University, NC University, Mississippi