university (redirected from Universty)

u·ni·ver·si·ty  (yn-vûrs-t)

n. pl. u·ni·ver·si·ties

1. An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.

2. The buildings and grounds of such an institution.

3. The body of students and faculty of such an institution.

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[Middle English universite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin niversits, from Latin, the whole, a corporate body, from niversus, whole; see universe.]

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university [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. (Social Science / Education) an institution of higher education having authority to award bachelors' and higher degrees, usually having research facilities

2. (Social Science / Education) the buildings, members, staff, or campus of a university

[from Old French universite, from Medieval Latin universitās group of scholars, from Late Latin: guild, society, body of men, from Latin: whole, totality, universe]

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University a body of teachers and students; a number of creatures, persons, or things, 1677; a class of person collectively, 1678.

Examples: the university or common multitude, 1677; of beasts, fowls and fish, 1604; of Christians, 1659; university of all creatures, 1494; of all evils, 1526; of gentiles, 1382; of wickedness, 1382.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	university - the body of faculty and students at a university body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" academe, academia - the academic world grad school, graduate school - a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree gown - the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located; "the relations between town and gown are always sensitive" varsity - a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University
	2.	university - establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching city university - an urban university in a large city establishment - a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence Oxbridge - general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University) redbrick university - (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University
	3.	university - a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees educational institution - an institution dedicated to education college - an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university multiversity - a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers Open University - a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school

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university

noun

Quotations
"The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible" [Woodrow Wilson]

Translations

university [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ]

A. N → universidad f
to be at university → estar en la universidad
to go to university → ir a la universidad
to study at university → estudiar en la universidad
a university place → una plaza universitaria
he has a university education → ha cursado estudios universitarios
Lancaster University → la Universidad de Lancaster

B. CPD [degree, year, professor, student] → universitario; [library] → de la universidad
university entrance N → acceso m a la universidad
university entrance examination → examen m de ingreso a la universidad
university hospital N → hospital m universitario
university town N → ciudad f que tiene universidad

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university [ˌjuːniˈvɜː^rsəti]

n → université f
She's at university → Elle est à l'université.
Lancaster University → l'université de Lancaster
Do you want to go to university?
BUT Est-ce que tu veux faire des études universtaires?.

modif [graduate, lecturer] → d'université; [year] → universitaire; [campus, library, department] → universitaire
He's a university professor → Il est professeur à l'université
University professors intend to go on strike → Les professeurs d'université ont l'intention de faire grève. university faculty, university fees
university degree n → diplôme m universitaire
university education n
to have a university education → avoir fait des études universitaires
He has a university education → Il a fait des études universitaires.
university entrance examination n → examen m d'entrée à l'université
university faculty n → faculté f
university fees n → droits mpl universitaires, frais mpl d'inscription à l'université
university student n → étudiant(e) à l'université)m/f >

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university

n → Universität f; the university of life → die Schule des Lebens; which university does he go to? → wo studiert er?; to be at/go to university → studieren; to be at/go to London University → in London studieren

adj attr → Universitäts-; qualifications, education → akademisch; university library → Universitätsbibliothek f; university teacher → Hochschullehrer(in) m(f)

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university:

university entrance (examination)

n → Zulassungsprüfung f → or Aufnahmeprüfung f → zum Studium

university hospital

n → Universitätsklinik f

university man

n → Akademiker m

university town

n → Universitätsstadt f

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university [ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ]

1. n → università f inv
Oxford University → l'Università di Oxford
to be at/go to university → essere/andare all'università

2. adj (student, professor, education) → universitario/a

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university

n university [juːniˈvəːsəti]

(the buildings or colleges of) a centre of advanced education and research, that has the power to grant degrees He'll have four years at university after he leaves school; (also adjective ) a university student. universiteit جامِعَه университет univerzita; univerzitní universitet; universitets- die Universität; Universitäts-... πανεπιστήμιο universidad ülikool دانشگاه yliopisto (d')université; universitaire אוּנִיבֶרסִיטָה विश्वविद्यालय sveučilište egyetem; (jelzőként:) egyetemi háskóli università; universitario 大学 (종합) 대학교 universitetas universitāte universiti universiteit; universitair universitet(s-) uniwersytet universidade universi-tate; universitar университет univerzita; univerzitný univerza univerzitet universitet มหาวิทยาลัย üniversite 大學 університет جامعہ، يونيورسٹي trường đại học 大学

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university → أحادي, جامعة univerzita universitet Uni, Universität μόνο, πανεπιστήμιο uni, universidad yliopisto fac, université sveučilište, sveučillište università 大学 대학 universiteit universitet uniwersytet universidade университет universitet, universitetet ตัวย่อของมหาวิทยาลัย, มหาวิทยาลัย üniversite đại học, trường đại học 单一, 大学