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/unibeɾsiˈdað/
Translation
university
Word origin
From Latin universitas ('a whole, a corporate body'), from universus ('combined into one, whole'), from unus ('one') and versus ('turned'). It named a guild of teachers and scholars.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- universitas
- English cognates
- university, universe, universal
Grammar
Examples
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She entered university with very good grades.
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The university puts on a music festival every spring.
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My years at university were the best of my life.
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He studies medicine at the public university.
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The university is far from my house.
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Grammar articles
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The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Preterite vs Imperfect: How to Choose Between the Two Spanish Past Tenses
Spanish Reciprocal Verbs (se quieren, nos ayudamos - each other)
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