Varsity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɑː.sɪ.ti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Varsity is a noun meaning (often attributive) university.
Meaning
(often attributive) university.
More Meanings
- (sports, US) The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.)
Example Sentences
A small Pennsylvania university has only one varsity program: e-sports. Is this the future of college athletics?
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.
[…] 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.
Word Forms
- varsities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include university, college, president-elect, good, academic, team.
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