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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. Joe Biden:

    They were the honor students. They come from the best universities. They have experience, some on the bench, some in the practice.

  2. Shannon Monnat:

    Many organizations, universities and cities have adopted The Monday Mile and have seen The Results.

  3. Christina Pushaw:

    Everyone in the academic community is free to share their opinions and critiques of policies. The governor is confident in UF leadership and proud that the university has risen in the national rankings to one of the top 5 public research universities in the country.

  4. President Trump:

    Even as universities have received billions and billions of dollars from taxpayers, many have become increasingly hostile to free speech and to the First Amendment, we will not stand idly by and allow public institutions to violate their students constitutional rights. If a college or university doesnt allow you to speak, we will not give them money. Its very simple.

  5. Hillary Clinton:

    It seems to me, by just observing Governor Walker, that Governor Walker thinks because he busts unions, starves universities, guts public education, demeans women, scapegoats teachers, nurses and firefighters, Governor Walker is some kind of tough guy on Governor Walker motorcycle -- a real leader, well, that is not leadership, folks. Leadership means fighting for the people you represent.

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