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Yale

Yale

302 3.8
A famous university in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States
  • proper noun
  • /jeɪl/
translation icon : Universidad de Yale
  • Talk about the book by Amy Brzezniewski from the Yale University.
  • Yale University
  • a Yale professor
  • Yale graduate

But what is going on at Yale that is so awful?

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Examples

  • I got my law degree from Yale Law School.

  • Graduated Yale Law, went straight into publishing.

  • Yes, he was working at Yale Medical School.

  • There is only one Yale Law School, and it is us.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I was a graduate student in the American Studies Program at Yale University, and I was there to work.

    Academic text (2011)
  • My brother was a senior at Yale, a double major in biology and philosophy.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Charles E. Winslow of Yale University was the leading spokesman for this position.

    Academic text (2011)
  • They went to private schools, Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, similar schools all over the world.

  • Emily Bernard, 26, is listed in serious condition at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I got my degree from Yale, one of the most prestigious universities in the United States.

Synonyms

7 3.1

A famous university in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States

is a prestigious school focused on reputation rather than formal research classification

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Yale is the name of the university and comes from Elihu Yale, a wealthy trader who gave money and books to the college, so the school was named after him.