intervarsity

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English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ varsity.

Pronunciation

Adjective

intervarsity (not comparable)

  1. (British) taking place between universities
    • 1914 (Apr), L. C. Hull, "Athletics at Oxford: The New Rules", The American Oxonian 1(1): 23
      Oxford stands for intra-varsity in addition to intervarsity sport.
    • 2004, Mike Huggins, The Victorians and sport:
      Yet, while its Lillie Bridge ground staged the inter-varsity match and the national amateur championships ...
    • 2006, S. F. Lam, Julian W. Chang, The quest for gold: fifty years of amateur sports in Hong Kong:
      This intervarsity meet was held in the South China Athletic Association's new Caroline Hill Stadium ...
    • 2006, James M. Pitsula, As one who serves: the making of the University of Regina:
      The fencers lunged and parried their way to a Western Canadian Intervarsity Athletic Union championship.

Noun

intervarsity (plural intervarsities)

  1. A competition taking place between universities.
    • 1994, Paul Dobson, Doc: The Life of Danie Craven, pages 76–77:
      As a player Craven took part in seven Intervarsities with remarkable success […] Asked which Intervarsities were special, he said they were all special.
    • 2000, Stuart Saunders, Vice-chancellor on a tightrope:
      I responded by saying that the intervarsity was a student affair and had to be taken up with the students.
    • 2005, Saul Dubow, Alan Jeeves, South Africa's 1940s: worlds of possibilities:
      Much the same could be said for the annual intervarsities between the universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch
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