Look up: university

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   university
   [n] - a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees 2. [n] - the body of faculty and students at a university 3. [n] - establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
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   university
   term used in its general sense to indicate all type of post-secondary education and training establishments which offer,within the framework of initial and/or continuing training,qualifications or diplomas of that level,whatever such establishments may be called in the Member States Category: Education
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   university
   Origin: OE. Universite, L. Universitas all together, the whole, the universe, a number of persons associated into one body, a society, corporation, fr. Universus all together, universal: cf. F. Universite. See Universe. ... 1. The universe; the whole. ... 2. An association, society, guild, or corporation, especially. One capable of having and acquiri ...
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   university
   noun establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
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   university
   noun the body of faculty and students at a university
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   University
   A `university` is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word `university` is derived from the Latin `universitas magistrorum et scholarium`, roughly meaning `community of teachers and scholars`.
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   University
   • (n.) An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property. • (n.) The universe; the whole. • (n.) An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose of imparting instruction, examining students, and otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of literature, science, art, ...
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   university
   institution of higher education, usually comprising a liberal arts and sciences college and graduate and professional schools and having the ... [44 related articles]
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   University
   An institution of higher learning and research consisting of several units which offer programs leading to advanced degrees. Universities stress graduate and professional education and research, but also have important undergraduate divisions.
   Found on http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US5/REF/glossary.