Meaning

2 senses

  1. (attributive, countable, often, uncountable)University.

    a team representing a college or university

  2. (US, countable, uncountable)The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.)

    Unimannschaft, Universitätsmannschaft

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Tom is on the varsity football team.

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  2. Tom coaches varsity baseball.

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  3. Sami was on the varsity football team.

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  4. I was promoted to the junior varsity team.

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  5. He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
sports team representing an institution:

Origin

First attested in the mid-17th century. Clipping of univarsity, reflecting an archaic pron

First attested in the mid-17th century. Clipping of univarsity, reflecting an archaic pronunciation of university.

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Forms

plural: varsities
Singularvarsity
Pluralvarsities

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a team representing a college or university:first team

Word family

5 related words
Derivedintervarsityjunior varsitynonvarsityvarsity jacketvarsity letter

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
variousB1varnishvaryB1vascularvaseA1
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