大学 — meaning in English
daigaku
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English meaning
- academic adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
- college noun An institution of higher education, often part of a larger university.
- institute noun An organization set up for a particular purpose, often research, education, or a professional cause.
- school noun An institution where people, especially children, go to be taught.
- university noun An institution of higher education offering degrees, teaching, and research.
Senses
大学 is used for these senses in English:
- academic Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century]
- college (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
- college (chiefly, US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
- college (schools) An academic institution. [From 1560s.]
- institute An organization founded to promote a cause
- institute An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
- university Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.
academic — full definition
- adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
- adj Theoretical rather than practical; of no real practical consequence.
- noun A person who works or studies at a university, especially as a teacher or researcher.
college — full definition
- noun An institution of higher education, often part of a larger university.
- noun A semi-independent division of a university, with its own students, staff, and buildings.