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u·ni·ver·si·ty
Audio Help /Ëyu nÉËvÉr sɪ ti / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [yoo-n uh -vur -si-tee ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation ânoun, plural -ties. an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
[Origin: 1250â1300; ME universite Å«niversitÄs, LL: guild, corporation, L: totality, equiv. to Å«nivers (us ) (see universe ) + -itÄs -ity ] âRelated forms u·ni·ver·si·tar·i·an
Audio Help /Ëyu nÉËvÉr sɪËtÉÉr iÉn / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [yoo-n uh -vur-si- tair -ee- uh n] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation , noun, adjective
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pl. u·ni·ver·si·ties
An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.
The buildings and grounds of such an institution.
The body of students and faculty of such an institution.
[Middle English universite , from Old French, from Medieval Latin Å«niversitÄs , from Latin, the whole, a corporate body , from Å«niversus , whole ; see universe .]
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university
c.1300, "institution of higher learning," also "body of persons constituting a university," from Anglo-Fr. université , O.Fr. universitei (13c.), from M.L. universitatem (nom. universitas ), in L.L. "corporation, society," from L., "the whole, aggregate," from universus "whole, entire" (see universe ). In the academic sense, a shortening of universitas magistrorum et scholarium "community of masters and scholars;" superseded studium as the word for this.
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university noun 1. the body of faculty and students at a university 2. establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching 3. a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees
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university [juËniËvÉËsÉti] noun — plural uniËversities
(the buildings or colleges of) a centre of advanced education and research, that has the power to grant degrees Example: He'll have four years at university after he leaves school; (also adjective) a university student
Arabic: جاÙ
ÙعÙÙ
Chinese (Simplified): 大å¦
Chinese (Traditional): 大å¸
Czech: univerzita; univerzitnÃ
Danish: universitet; universitets-
Dutch: universiteit; universitair
Estonian: ülikool
Finnish: yliopisto
French: (d')université; universitaire
German: die Universität; Universitäts-â¦
Greek: ÏανεÏιÏÏήμιο
Hungarian: egyetem; (jelzÅként:) egyetemi
Icelandic: háskóli
Italian: università ; universitario
Japanese: 大å¦
Latvian: universitÄte
Lithuanian: universitetas
Norwegian: universitet(s-)
Polish: uniwersytet
Portuguese (Portugal): universidade
Russian: ÑнивеÑÑиÑеÑ
Slovak: univerzita; univerzitný
Slovenian: univerza
Spanish: universidad
Swedish: universitet
Turkish: üniversite
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University Park, IL (village, FIPS 76935) Location: 41.44240 N, 87.70963 W Population (1990): 6204 (2227 housing units) Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60466
University Cente, MI Zip code(s): 48706
University City, MO (city, FIPS 75220) Location: 38.66623 N, 90.33108 W Population (1990): 40087 (17706 housing units) Area: 15.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63130
University Park, NM (CDP, FIPS 81030) Location: 32.27815 N, 106.74734 W Population (1990): 4520 (647 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
University Park, MD (town, FIPS 79675) Location: 38.97127 N, 76.94370 W Population (1990): 2243 (905 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
University Place, WA (CDP, FIPS 73465) Location: 47.21910 N, 122.54244 W Population (1990): 27701 (11546 housing units) Area: 20.4 sq km (land), 3.6 sq km (water)
University Park, IA (city, FIPS 79815) Location: 41.28671 N, 92.61578 W Population (1990): 604 (203 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
University Heights, VA (CDP, FIPS 80144) Location: 38.03708 N, 78.53309 W Population (1990): 6900 (1019 housing units) Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
University Heights, OH (city, FIPS 78932) Location: 41.49470 N, 81.53552 W Population (1990): 14790 (5286 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
University Heights, IA (city, FIPS 79770) Location: 41.65450 N, 91.55802 W Population (1990): 1042 (480 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
University Gardens, NY (CDP, FIPS 76287) Location: 40.77475 N, 73.72791 W Population (1990): 4419 (1780 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
University West, FL (CDP, FIPS 73306) Location: 28.06930 N, 82.43520 W Population (1990): 23760 (14910 housing units) Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
University Park, TX (city, FIPS 74492) Location: 32.85008 N, 96.79311 W Population (1990): 22259 (8983 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
West University Place, TX (city, FIPS 77956) Location: 29.71520 N, 95.43135 W Population (1990): 12920 (5680 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
University, MS Zip code(s): 38677
University, VA Zip code(s): 22903
State University, AR Zip code(s): 72467
Miami University, OH Zip code(s): 45056
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University Var"si*ty\, n. Colloq. contr. of University .
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The world has advanced in all sorts of fields and science has developed and a recent study by the Howard University shows that the feeling of bereavement is only present in a persons mind until there is either someone or something else which may attract the person equally, similar to the previous attachment or attraction towards the family member or friend. In most cases it is seen that the person may be in bereavement grief as the person was emotionally attached to the other person that has either passed away or has parted away from the person. Since this feeling is an emotional feeling generated by the person the situation becomes very difficult to handle. To overcome this issue the person requires another alternative to keep his attention. For example: if a person has a pet in the family and has seen the pet grow older along with him/her and the person also has an emotional attachment with the pet it shall be seen that if the pet dies or has to be parted away from the person the person may generate the feeling of bereavement within. To end this feeling the person requires an alternative and may have a new pet instead. This shall not completely satisfy the person but may easily lessen the feeling of bereavement. But this situation may be equivalent for pets and things, but if a person may loose his/her best friend or a family member then there is no alternative.
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