university

Study(4)

UK /junɪˈvɜːsəti/ US /ˌjunəˈvərsədi/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

new | ancient | red-brick | local, provincial | research, teaching

VERB + UNIVERSITY

attend, go to, study at | apply for | enter | finish (at), graduate from, leave

UNIVERSITY + NOUN

lecturer, professor, staff, teacher | graduate, student, undergraduate | course, degree, education | term, year | vacation

entrance, entry, place

My daughter is studying hard because she wants to get a place at a good university.

chair

After years of research, she was offered a university chair in medieval history.

department, faculty | buildings, campus, library | administration, authorities

level

My daughter hopes to achieve university level qualifications in mathematics before she graduates.

days, life, years | town

PREP

at (the) ~

My brother is at university now, so he doesn't live at home anymore.

Definitions

noun

An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels.

She's studying mathematics at university.

The only reason why I haven't gone to university is because I can't afford it.

The entirety of a group; all members of a class.

[I]t appears a pity to banish the women and children. But to this can be opposed that holy act of your Majesty which expelled the Moriscos, and the children of the Moriscos, for the reason given in the royal edict. Whenever any detestable crime is committed by any university, it is well to punish all.

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Idioms & Phrases

university of life

The real world as a source of instruction, as opposed to a formal education.

I learned all I need to know from the university of life, not from books.

university of the streets

Synonym of school of hard knocks.

Example Bank

She's studying mathematics at university.

Wiktionary

The only reason why I haven't gone to university is because I can't afford it.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

You met him at the university?

Tatoeba · #1909

From the moment that I knew that the university existed, I've wanted to go there.

Tatoeba · #1913

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Tatoeba · #21495

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, university is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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