different between university vs universities
university
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)
- 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 […]
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
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)
- university
university From the web:
- what university should i go to quiz
- what university did trump go to
- what university did jackie robinson attend
- what university did thomas jefferson found
- what university did shakespeare attend
- what university has the most students
- what university did patricia bath attend
- what university did herman branson attend
universities
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /jun??v?s?tiz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ju?n??v??s?tiz/
- Hyphenation: uni?ver?si?ties
Noun
universities
- plural of university
universities From the web:
- what universities are requiring covid vaccine
- what universities are in boston
- what universities are in connecticut
- what universities are in new york
- what universities are test optional for 2022
- what universities are in chicago
- what universities are in new orleans
- what universities are in california
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- university vs universities
- universities vs universitys
- universities vs docent
- universities vs lector
- espy vs espial
- spy vs espial
- scout vs espial
- observing vs espial
- discovery vs espial
- noticing vs espial
- spyale vs spial
- confederate vs particip
- subordinate vs particip
- accomplice vs particip
- helper vs particip
- ally vs particip
- assistant vs particip
- accessory vs particip
- collaborator vs particip
- associate vs particip