| Ivy League n. An association of eight universities and colleges in the northeast United States, comprising Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale. adj. Of or resembling the traditions of the Ivy League. [So called because of the ivy-covered older college buildings.] Ivy Leaguer n. |
Ivy League
n
(Social Science / Education) US
a. the. a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain
b. (as modifier) an Ivy-League education
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| Noun | 1. |  Ivy League - a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestigeBrown University, Brown - a university in Rhode Island Columbia University, Columbia - a university in New York City Cornell University - a university in Ithaca, New York Dartmouth, Dartmouth College - a college in New Hampshire Harvard, Harvard University - a university in Massachusetts Princeton University, Princeton - a university in New Jersey Yale, Yale University - a university in Connecticut league, conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members |
Translations
Ivy League
n (US) → Eliteuniversitäten pl → der USA
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