Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intervarsity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-var-si-ty
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

taking place between universities

British usage

noun

A competition taking place between universities.

Example Sentences

"Oxford stands for intra-varsity in addition to intervarsity sport."
"Yet, while its Lillie Bridge ground staged the inter-varsity match and the national amateur championships ..."
"This intervarsity meet was held in the South China Athletic Association's new Caroline Hill Stadium ..."
"The fencers lunged and parried their way to a Western Canadian Intervarsity Athletic Union championship."
"As a player Craven took part in seven Intervarsities with remarkable success[…]Asked which Intervarsities were special, he said they were all special."
"I responded by saying that the intervarsity was a student affair and had to be taken up with the students."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English varsity English intervarsity From inter- + varsity.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

intervarsities (plural)

Rhymes With

varsity parcity

Questions

What does intervarsity mean?: taking place between universities
Where does intervarsity come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English varsity English intervarsity From inter- + varsity.

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