"intervarsity" meaning in English

See intervarsity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sɪti Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English varsity English intervarsity From inter- + varsity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|inter-|varsity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English varsity English intervarsity [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁én", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁entér", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥ter", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "inter", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "inter-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "inter-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "varsity", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "intervarsity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="intervarsity"> From inter- + varsity. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} intervarsity (not comparable)
  1. (UK) taking place between universities Tags: UK, not-comparable
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Noun

Forms: intervarsities [plural]
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  1. A competition taking place between universities.
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₁én\nProto-Indo-European *h₁entér\nProto-Italic *n̥ter\nLatin inter\nLatin inter-bor.\nEnglish inter-\nEnglish varsity\nEnglish intervarsity\nFrom inter- + varsity.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "intervarsities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "intervarsity (plural intervarsities)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "1994, Paul Dobson, Doc: The Life of Danie Craven, pages 76–77:",
          "text": "As a player Craven took part in seven Intervarsities with remarkable success[…]Asked which Intervarsities were special, he said they were all special.",
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          "ref": "2000, Stuart Saunders, Vice-chancellor on a tightrope:",
          "text": "I responded by saying that the intervarsity was a student affair and had to be taken up with the students.",
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          "ref": "2005, Saul Dubow, Alan Jeeves, South Africa's 1940s: worlds of possibilities:",
          "text": "Much the same could be said for the annual intervarsities between the universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A competition taking place between universities."
      ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)sɪti"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intervarsity"
}

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