university extension

collocation in English

meaningsofuniversityandextension

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university
noun[C]
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.sə.ti/us
/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/
a place where people study for an undergraduate (= first) or postgraduate (= higher ...
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extension
adjective[only before noun]
uk
/ɪkˈsten.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈsten.ʃən/
intended to support students' learning by making them try different or more difficult things in addition to their ...
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(Definition ofuniversityandextensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Auniversityextensionlecturer, speaking beautifully, came to the district.
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About once every year the farmers there go to someuniversityextensioncourse.
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The same amount of money is going intouniversityextensioncourses and the long-term residential colleges.
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Thatuniversityextensionclass has been served by many outstanding persons.
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Preparations are already being made foruniversityextensionclasses, tutorial classes and pioneer work in other directions.
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Everybody knows thatuniversityextensionlectures are welcomed, but to talk of having professors lecturing in villages all over the country is to dream dreams.
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Visiting theseuniversityextensionlectures gave a new dimension to my life, helped to shape it, helped me eventually to have the good fortune to go to a university.
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During his time in prison he earned 24 college credits through auniversityextensionprogram.
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Meerow has published over 150 scientific papers, numerous magazine anduniversityextensionarticles, and is the author or co-author of three popular books on palms.
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The college can trace its origins back to the start ofuniversityextensionmovement in the 1870s.
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Part of the reform movement wasuniversityextensionprograms, through which the university students hoped to reach the working classes.
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He graduated with a degree in mathematics and later worked as auniversityextensionlecturer.
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Ruskin was discussed inuniversityextensionclasses, and in reading circles and societies formed in his name.
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In addition, there are a few dozen colleges and other institutes of higher learning, as well as about a dozen foreign university extensions.
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