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Word entry · 10 letters

university

Best crossword clue

"Campus for higher learning"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /junɪˈvɜːsəti/Part of speech nounSorted eiinrstuvyStarts with UEnds with Y5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Place of higher education

Word origin

From Middle English universite (“institution of higher learning, body of persons constituting a university”) from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin stem of universitas, in juridical and Late Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc"; in Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from universus (“whole, entire”). By surface analysis, universe + -ity.

Used in a sentence

  • She's studying mathematics at university.
  • The only reason why I haven't gone to university is because I can't afford it.
  • The most compelling stories of whether university is worth it are examples where a university education lifts the economic standing of a poor or disadvantaged student to a higher socioeconomic position.

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Campus for higher learning10 letters
02College-level institution10 letters
03Institution with degrees10 letters
04Institution with majors10 letters
05School after high school10 letters

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