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universitiesnoun
Plural form of university.
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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.
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Universities
of University
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Universities
Educational institutions providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees.
Editors Contribution
universities
Plural form of the word university.
Universities are an important element of an educational system.
Submitted by MaryC on March 31, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'universities' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3621
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Rank popularity for the word 'universities' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4090
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of universities in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of universities in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of universities in a Sentence
Since Biden took office on Jan. 20, the number of reported foreign gifts has absolutely plummeted, american universities have reported just over $4 million in donations. That's a tiny number. The math doesn't add up. And making matters worse, it appears that the Biden administration has not launched even one new investigation into foreign funding in universities. So, in my mind, that leaves us with two scenarios: either spigots for foreign gifts were turned off, or the Biden administration is giving universities a pass, directly violating federal law, and in the process, allowing the Chinese Communist Party free reign to influence American academia without any transparency.
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.
When you think about Catholic universities, there are a lot of those, and quite a few of these universities would discriminate against same-sex student relationships.
Parents' ambition to send their kids to good universities has peaked and is slowly declining, little by little people are now thinking that not everyone should go to universities.
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