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Western Illinois University

Etymology

From Latin universitas, from universus, "all turned into one", from uni-, one, + versus, turned, perfect passive participle of vertere, turn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /juːnɪˈvɜːsətiː/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-university.ogg


Noun

  1. 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.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English University \U`ni*ver"si*ty\, n.; pl. Universities. [OE.
universite, L. universitas all together, the whole, the
universe, a number of persons associated into one body, a
society, corporation, fr. universus all together, universal:
cf. F. universit['e]. See Universe.]
1. The universe; the whole. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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2. An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one
capable of having and acquiring property. [Obs.]
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The universities, or corporate bodies, at Rome were
very numerous. There were corporations of bakers,
farmers of the revenue, scribes, and others. --Eng.
Cyc.
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3. An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose
of imparting instruction, examining students, and
otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of
literature, science, art, etc., empowered to confer
degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology,
law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without
having any college connected with it, or it may consist of
but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of
colleges established in any place, with professors for
instructing students in the sciences and other branches of
learning. In modern usage, a university is expected to
have both an undergraduate division, granting bachelor's
degrees, and a graduate division, granting master's or
doctoral degrees, but there are some exceptions. In
addition, a modern university typically also supports
research by its faculty
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The present universities of Europe were, originally,
the greater part of them, ecclesiastical
corporations, instituted for the education of
churchmen . . . What was taught in the greater part
of those universities was suitable to the end of
their institutions, either theology or something
that was merely preparatory to theology. --A. Smith.
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Note: From the Roman words universitas, collegium, corpus,
are derived the terms university, college, and
corporation, of modern languages; and though these
words have obtained modified significations in modern
times, so as to be indifferently applicable to the same
things, they all agree in retaining the fundamental
signification of the terms, whatever may have been
added to them. There is now no university, college, or
corporation, which is not a juristical person in the
sense above explained [see def. 2, above]; wherever
these words are applied to any association of persons
not stamped with this mark, it is an abuse of terms.
--Eng. Cyc.
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WordNet university
n 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
Moby Dictionary
academe , academia , academic , alma mater , classroom , college ,
college of engineering , collegiate , community college ,
degree-granting institution , extramural , four-year college ,
graduate school , institute of technology , interscholastic ,
intramural , ivied halls , journalism school , junior college ,
law school , medical school , multiversity , normal , normal school ,
postgraduate school , preschool , scholastic , school ,
school of communications , school of education , two-year college ,
university college , varsity


University, MS Zip code(s): 38677 University, VA Zip code(s): 22903
Moby Dictionary 30736
Housing Units (2000): 15494
Land area (2000): 3.870401 sq. miles (10.024292 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011633 sq. miles (0.030129 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.882034 sq. miles (10.054421 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73163
Located within: Florida (FL) , FIPS 12
Location: 28.069644 N , 82.437091 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
University , FL
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