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# university

noun (a university, universities)

«university» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A place of higher learning where people study for degrees after school and where research is done. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/#m1)
2. The people (students and teachers) who belong to it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: older brothers, sisters or parents go to university; in the USA people often say «college». In stories, a professor works at a university. Phrases: «go to university» (UK), «at university», «university student».

### Examples

- My sister is going to university to study medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/#x1)
- The university has a huge library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/#x2)
- Dad works as a cleaner at the university. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/#x3)
- She is the first in her family to go to university. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/#x4)
- The university museum has dinosaur bones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/#x5)
- A university year often has two or three terms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/#x6)
- Throughout their lives they remained close friends, and both studied law at Marburg University. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/#x7)

### Note

Takes «a», not «an», because it starts with a «you» sound: «a university». Plural universities (y → ies). UK: «go to university» with no «the»; US: «go to college». Capital letter in a name: Harvard University.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life: older brothers, sisters or parents go to university; in the USA people often say «college». In stories, a professor works at a university. Phrases: «go to university» (UK), «at university», «university student».

### Note

Takes «a», not «an», because it starts with a «you» sound: «a university». Plural universities (y → ies). UK: «go to university» with no «the»; US: «go to college». Capital letter in a name: Harvard University.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «university» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/university/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«university» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/university.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «university» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/university/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«university» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/university.html) on Mova free.