"universities" in the noun sense
1. university
the body of faculty and students at a university
2. university
establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
3. university
a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees
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