University York Life Noun ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəti ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsəti Town Ohio

• is there a university in this town?
• ohio state university
• the university of york
• york university

university

1. an institution at the highest level of education where you can study for a degree or do research
• SEE ALSO deemed university
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/deemed-university
• Is there a university in this town?
• Ohio State University
• the University of York
• York University
• She studied at the University of Chicago.
• Both their children are at university.
• He's hoping to go to university next year.
• a university student/lecturer/professor
• a university degree/course
• The site lies on the university campus next to the lake.

Extra Examples

• I applied to three universities.
• He goes to Princeton University.
• Young people may be deterred from entering university.
• She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1999.
• She's a graduate of Oxford University.
• She teaches botany at Syracuse University.
• I often think of my university days.
• the pressures of university life
• a university entrance exam
• There is stiff competition for university places.
• those who can afford university tuition
• His aim was to finish his doctorate and obtain a university chair.
2. the experience of life thought of as giving somebody an education, instead of the person gaining formal qualifications
• a degree from the university of life

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French universite, from Latin universitas ‘the whole’, in late Latin ‘society, guild’, from universus ‘combined into one, whole’, from uni- ‘one’ + versus ‘turned’ (past participle of vertere).