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varsity

[ vahr-si-tee ]

noun

, plural var·si·ties.
  1. any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like:

    He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.

  2. Chiefly British Informal. university.


adjective

  1. of or relating to a university or school team, activity, or competition:

    a varsity debater.

varsity

/ ˈvɑːsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    university, formerly used esp at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge
“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


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  • inter·varsi·ty adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of varsity1

1840–50; compare versity university, in 17th century; pronunciation probably preserves historical outcome of Middle English ĕr, as in varmint
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Example Sentences

Brandi Levy was 14 in 2017 when she used Snapchat to express her frustration after failing to make the Mahanoy Area High School varsity cheerleading squad.

You might also ask how she finesses this without badmouthing the kids' father, since that's the varsity-parenting skill.

A year later, realizing he wasn’t going to make the varsity, he asked Smith whether he could observe practices.

It’s repurposed here to argue that voters should send “the varsity” and not “the JV team” if they want to stop China’s exploitation of America.

Sports practices and events have also been suspended, with exceptions being made for varsity women’s and men’s basketball.

Army B-squad players who fail to make it onto the varsity team after a year or two usually quit football.

Lewis did not get on the field for a single varsity game during his four years at West Point.

When he next tried out for the varsity, he weighed 174 pounds and was faster than he had been on his arrival at West Point.

Obama already has had to explain away comments linking the Islamic State to a junior varsity team.

Later that week, a player on the girls varsity walked up to me and asked if I was a reporter.

"Please, sir, I'm not out for the 'Varsity," said Stover confusedly.

"Green House, sir," said Stover, awed by the sight of a 'varsity jersey.

I am most particular in the choice of a curate, and should, of course, prefer a public school and 'Varsity man.

A great deal of speculation had been aroused by Bob Collingwood's determination to take Merriwell upon the 'varsity crew.

Before he set out again for the west I gave him a supper, asking the men who had been with us in the old 'Varsity days.

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