varsity
sustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈvɑː.sɪ.ti//
- Estados Unidos//ˈvɑɹ.sɪ.ti//
- Estados Unidos/[ˈvɑɹsɪɾi]/
University.
sustantivo
- 1
University.
[…] and then to lyrically proclaim that, not only was it a way they had in the Varsity to drive dull care away, but that the same practice was also pursued in the army and navy for the attainment of a similar end.
- 2
The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.)
There were sixteen of them in all, for the most part upper classmen who had failed to make the varsity the year before, with a sprinkling of sophomores and two freshmen.
A small Pennsylvania university has only one varsity program: e-sports. Is this the future of college athletics?
Etimología
First attested in the mid-17th century. Clipping of univarsity, reflecting an archaic pronunciation of university.
Formas
- plural
- varsities