varsityadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈvɑː.sə.ti/us/ˈvɑːr.sə.t̬i/USused to describe sports teams at schools or colleges that are at the most skilled level of play:
He was a member of the varsity baseball team.
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Winning, losing & scoring in sport
- against the run of play idiom
- close-run
- convincing
- do the double over sb idiom
- drubbing
- game changer
- game-changing
- hold
- lead 1
- pip
- pummel
- retire
- run away with sth
- sink
- square
- strike gold idiom
- walkaway
- walkover
- win
- won
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varsitynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈvɑː.sə.ti/us/ˈvɑːr.sə.t̬i/old-fashioned or Indian English or South African Englisha university
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Types of school
- alma mater
- business school
- charter school
- coed
- coeducational
- college
- comprehensive school
- convent school
- faith school
- fee-paying
- finishing school
- graduate school
- high school
- independent school
- infant
- junior school
- madrasa
- military academy
- parochial school
- single-sex
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