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  1. universitiesnoun

    Plural form of university.

Wikipedia

  1. universities

    A university (from Latin universitas 'a whole') is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Universities

    of University

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Universities

    Educational institutions providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees.

Editors Contribution

  1. universities

    Plural form of the word university.

    Universities are an important element of an educational system.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 31, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Universities' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3621

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Universities' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4090

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Universities in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Universities in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Universities in a Sentence

  1. Bernie Sanders:

    And yes, those folks and large corporations will have to pay under a Sanders administration more in taxes so that we can use that revenue to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, create the jobs we need, make sure that every kid who has the ability is able to get a college education in America because public colleges and public universities will be tuition-free.

  2. Rahul Patel:

    This is right for the University of Florida, right for the state of Florida and right for the Sasse family, ben brings intellectual curiosity, a belief in the power and potential of American universities, and an unmatched track record of leadership spanning higher education, government and the private sector.

  3. Anthony Jack:

    These families exposed a system and I hope( this) injects into the American imagination just how much money and backdoor ways that wealthy, especially white wealthy families, get into college and universities.

  4. Erwin Chemerinsky:

    I think the court has gotten it exactly right for the last 45 years, colleges and universities have a compelling interest in having a diverse student body and should be able to use race as one factor among many in admissions decisions.

  5. Ted Wieseman:

    There are large seasonal swings in that component caused by winter holidays at private universities that probably weren't adjusted for properly in January. There weren't actually mass firings of college professors that we're aware of.

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