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Noun
/ˌyo͞onəˈvərsətē/,
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universities, plural;
  1. An educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions
    • - Oxford University
    • - the University of California
    • - the university buildings
    • - a university professor
  2. The members of this collectively

  3. The grounds and buildings of such an institution


  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
  4. (universe) everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
  5. (universe) population: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"
  6. (universe) everything stated or assumed in a given discussion
  7. A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is a corporation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. ...
  8. University is the 1995 album by the American alternative rock band Throwing Muses, released on Sire Records and Reprise Records in the USA, and on 4AD elsewhere. It features the single "Bright Yellow Gun", the band's first national hit. ...
  9. University is a stop on the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta.
  10. University was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Green Line located at 1200 E. 63rd Street in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago. University opened on April 23, 1893. From December 12, 1982, to January 9, 1994, University served as the terminal of the Jackson Park Branch. ...
  11. University Station is an LRT station operated by Edmonton Transit System in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located beneath the University of Alberta campus at 112 Street and 89 Avenue.
  12. University Station (previously known as South Campus Station until 2003), is the last and most northerly station on the Buffalo Metro Rail line.
  13. Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some cases able to take younger students in exceptional cases) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered
  14. (Universe) The population chosen for research study. Universe estimates are the estimated number of actual households or people from which the sample will be taken and to which data from the sample will be projected.
  15. (Universe) The total number of records on a list; or the total number of records within a requested segment.
  16. (universe) Group of people about which a survey research is trying to generalize when conducting a public opinion poll. See Public Opinion in ThisNation's online textbook.
  17. (Universe) All homes in a market, also known as HHs or a demographically defined group such as adults 25-54.
  18. (Universe) Total number of individuals that might be included in a mailing list, or all those who meet a set of specifications.
  19. (Universe) The total population from which a sample is drawn.
  20. (Universe) The totality of all matter and radiation and the space occupied by same.
  21. (universe) All of space and everything in it.
  22. (universe) (YOO nih vers) — all the matter and energy in space
  23. The Universe is most commonly defined as everything that physically exists: the entirety of space and time, all forms of matter, energy and momentum, and the physical laws and constants that govern them. ...
  24. (Universe) The total population that is being measured or reported, as defined by a selection of demographic, geographic or other criteria
  25. (Universe) Traditionally the word universe refers to everything in existence, however more modern theories in spirituality, philosophy, physics, and literature allow for the existence of multiple seperate universes, in which case the word multiverse or metaverse is used to refer to everything in ...