different between university vs commons

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju?n??v??s?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /jun??v?s?ti/
• Hyphenation: uni?ver?si?ty

Noun

university (plural universities)

1. Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.
   • 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

Usage notes

• In western Europe, and later the United States, universities were typically founded by executive act (e.g. royal charter) and were generally relatively large (compared to colleges), offering postgraduate degrees in addition to undergraduate degrees. In other countries, this distinction is not made and any degree-granting institution is called a university.
• In the United States and Ireland, students will sometimes say that they go to "the university" or to "a university", but they are far more likely to say they are going "to college", even if the institution they attend is a university. In the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most other English-speaking countries, students go "to university (or uni)", without the article, if they are attending a school that grants bachelor's or postgraduate degrees.

Synonyms

• academy
• college
• institute
• uni
• varsity

Hypernyms

• school
• institution

Hyponyms

• plate-glass university
• technical university
• technological university
• university of technology

Derived terms

• university-affiliated
• varsity

Descendants

• ? Tokelauan: Iunivehite

Related terms

• universal
• universe

Translations

See also

• Wikiversity

References

• university on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Scots

Alternative forms

• varsity

Etymology

From Middle English universite, from Medieval Latin [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?jun?v?rs?ti]

Noun

university (plural universities)

1. university

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: k?m??nz, IPA^(key): /?k?m?nz/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m??nz, IPA^(key): /?k?m?nz/
• Hyphenation: com?mons

Noun

commons

1. plural of common

Noun

commons

1. A dining hall, usually at a college or university.
2. A central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area, a common.

   The Renaissance festival started with the "peasants" meeting in the commons.

   The commons is the green space surrounded by the village hall, the school, and the church.

   The commons of New England towns are important contributors to their charm.

3. (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.

   Synonym: res communis

   "The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good.

4. (euphemistic, obsolete) An outhouse.
5. (obsolete, Britain, Oxford University) Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels.
6. Food in general; rations.

   short commons

Synonyms

• (outhouse): common house, House of Commons; see also Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

commons

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of common

References

• commons in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Verb

commons

1. first-person plural present indicative of commer
2. first-person plural imperative of commer