university
n pl , -ties
1 an institution of higher education having authority to award bachelors' and higher degrees, usually having research facilities
2 the buildings, members, staff, or campus of a university (C14: from Old French universite, from Medieval Latin universitas group of scholars, from Late Latin: guild, society, body of men, from Latin: whole, totality, universe)
campus university
n (Brit) a university in which the buildings, often including shops and cafés, are all on one site
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civic university
n (in Britain) a university originally instituted as a higher education college serving a particular city
Open University
n the. (in Britain) a university founded in 1969 for mature students studying by television and radio lectures, correspondence courses, local counselling, and summer schools
university entrance
n (in New Zealand)
a an examination taken by pupils of postprimary schools
b the certificate issued to a successful candidate, (Abbrev.)
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