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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. Michel Hockx:

    Han Han became famous because when Han Han was 18 Han Han won a writing competition and won a free place at one of the best universities and Han Han said Han Han'm not interested, I don't like this system and I just want to become an independent writer, han Han became a celebrity overnight almost.

  2. Rachel Moran:

    If the court said that diversity is not a compelling interest, the first thing to bear in mind is that because they likely said academic freedom is not a constitutionally protected interest under the First Amendment, at least in so far as it relates to institutional autonomy to select the student body, that means that you will greatly weaken the autonomy of colleges and universities, not only with respect to admissions, but with respect to other things like curriculum.

  3. Ed Harbour:

    This is the main hub for tech in New York and we thrive on the talent here, we thrive on the universities that encourage innovation. Cooper Union is here, New York University is here, Columbia is way up the street, but Cooper Union’s here. Cooper Union’s Cooper Union.

  4. David Leebron:

    We thought the original rules that were suggested were cruel and misguided and didn't serve our universities, didn't serve our students and frankly didn't serve our country.

  5. Donald Trump:

    This is our message to universities: If you want to accept the tremendous amount of federal dollars that you get every year, you must reject anti-Semitism. It's very simple.

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