# university

Pronunciation: say "yoo-ni-VUR-si-tee" US /junɪˈvɝsəti/, UK /junɪˈvɜːsəti/

## Noun

1. An institution of higher education where students study subjects in depth, advanced research is carried out, and degrees are awarded.
   - Simple: A place for advanced study after high school, where people earn degrees and carry out research.
   - _The university admitted a record number of students this fall._
   - _After graduating, she returned to the university to teach physics._

## Noun

2. The whole of a group considered together; all the members of a particular class taken collectively. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The whole of a group, meaning every single member of it.

## Origin

It comes from Middle English 'universite', borrowed via Anglo-Norman and Old French from Medieval Latin 'universitas', which in legal and Late Latin meant a group of persons united into one body, such as a society, guild, or corporation. This in turn derives from Latin 'universus' meaning 'whole' or 'entire'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/university (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).