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university noun [ juːnɪˈvəːsɪti ]

• a high-level educational institution in which students study for degrees and academic research is done.
• "I went to university at the Sorbonne"
Similar: college, academy, institute, varsity, school, polytechnic,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French universite, from Latin universitas ‘the whole’, in late Latin‘society, guild’, from universus (see universe).

the university of life

• the experience of life regarded as a means of instruction.



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