university

English

/juːnɪˈvɜːsətiː/, /junɨˈvɝsəti/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English universite (body of persons constituting a university, institution of higher learning) derived from université derived from Old French universitei.

Origin

Old French

universitei

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