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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Riley Beggin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Sailing opens new worlds and can lead to scholarships to some of the nation’s top universities, Baffoe said.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum.
—Irma Becerra, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
This is preventing universities from caring for their LGBT students, their trans students in particular.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 23 May 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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