univ
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈjuːnɪv/
- Informal
:
uni
- She decided to apply to the univ because it offered her desired program in environmental science.
- George Washington Univ
- New York Univ
- Washington Univ
Examples
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Written by Sean Eckhardt, Univ of Alabama alumni.
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The only reliable ones we have (Univ Illinois) are decades out of date.
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State Univ.
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Yale Univ Press, 2008.
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She called local Univ MD, who told her I'm very reliable.
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He became dean of my law school the year I graduated (1980, Univ of Oregon).
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Since passengers were off-loaded from the Green Line to buses, the commuting time by bus increased by 32 minutes at 9:00 AM from the Govt. Station to Boston Univ West Station.
Academic text (2016) -
She received her B.S. from U.C.F., a Master's degree from Webster Univ., and an Ed.S. from Nova Southeastern Univ.
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Berry and Bickers, Univ of Colorado Poli Sci Professors, have been doing this since the 1980 election, and their predictions are perfect; maybe not the number of Electoral College votes, but the outcome is what they predict.
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At the career fair, several companies were recruiting from the local univ, eager to find fresh talent.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people study after school and get degrees
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6.3
A place where people study after high school, like a university
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8.0
An informal word for a university, often Oxford or Cambridge
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Univ is a casual short form of university. The uni- part comes from a Latin word meaning 'one' or 'whole', because a university began as a single community of teachers and students. So univ today is just a quick, informal way to say the place where you study.