Ivy League

noun

a group of colleges and universities in the northeastern U.S., consisting of Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown, having a reputation for high scholastic achievement and social prestige.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of Ivy League colleges or their students and graduates.

Origin of Ivy League

First recorded in 1935–40

OTHER WORDS FROM Ivy League

Ivy Leaguer, noun

Words nearby Ivy League

IVP, IVR, -ivus, ivy, ivy geranium, Ivy League, ivy vine, i.w., Iwaki, iwan, I wandered lonely as a cloud

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Example sentences from the Web for Ivy League

Sarah Palin wanted to make it a contest between high falutin', Ivy-League cosmopolitans and red-blooded, bear-hunting Americans.
Behind the Democratic Wipeout|Peter Beinart|November 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Ivy League

Ivy League

noun

the Ivy League a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain
(as modifier)an Ivy-League education

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Cultural definitions for Ivy League

Ivy League

A group of eight old, distinguished colleges and universities in the East, known for their ivy-covered brick buildings. The members of the Ivy League are Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale Universities; Dartmouth College; and the University of Pennsylvania.

单词	ivy league
释义	Ivy League noun a group of colleges and universities in the northeastern U.S., consisting of Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown, having a reputation for high scholastic achievement and social prestige. adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of Ivy League colleges or their students and graduates. Origin of Ivy League First recorded in 1935–40 OTHER WORDS FROM Ivy League Ivy Leaguer, noun Words nearby Ivy League IVP, IVR, -ivus, ivy, ivy geranium, Ivy League, ivy vine, i.w., Iwaki, iwan, I wandered lonely as a cloud Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Ivy League Sarah Palin wanted to make it a contest between high falutin', Ivy-League cosmopolitans and red-blooded, bear-hunting Americans. Behind the Democratic Wipeout\|Peter Beinart\|November 4, 2009\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for Ivy League Ivy League noun US the Ivy League a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain (as modifier)an Ivy-League education Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Ivy League Ivy League A group of eight old, distinguished colleges and universities in the East, known for their ivy-covered brick buildings. The members of the Ivy League are Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale Universities; Dartmouth College; and the University of Pennsylvania. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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