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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A kind of modern, large-scale university, open to all, proposed by Clark Kerr in the 1960s.
2. 2
   a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

academiaalma matercollegegraduate schooljunior collegenormal

Etymology

From multi- + university.

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