(US, education, politics) An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.
One of my husband's cousins is like this. His parents were educated professionals (one was an Ivy league professor). He was a musical prodigy who dropped out of college after one semester. He's now a successful theate…
Lot of politicians went to Ivy League colleges and that lowers my opinion of the institutions since it seems their college years literally made them a more horrible person.
(US, education, politics) An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.
Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale form the Ivy League.
"Ivy League" means: An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.. There is a drug-related reference, so this is one worth noticing without overreacting. Many teens encounter such vocabulary through music, film and friends without any direct involvement. A neutral, curious conversation about where they heard the term and what they understand by it is far more useful than a confrontation. Watch for repeated context, not a single word.
"Ivy League" means: An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.. There is a drug-related reference, so this is one worth noticing without overreacting. Many teens encounter such vocabulary through music, film and friends without any direct involvement. A neutral, curious conversation about where they heard the term and what they understand by it is far more useful than a confrontation. Watch for repeated context, not a single word.
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(US) A person who was educated at an Ivy League institution.
(US, education, informal) A public university that has the academic quality or prestige of an Ivy League university.
(US) any of the Ivy League universities, such as Dartmouth, Brown, and Cornell that are generally seen as less prestigious than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
(US, education, informal) A small liberal arts college that has the academic quality or prestige of an Ivy League university.
AI has the POTENTIAL to give people an Ivy League-level of education, including PhD-levels of understanding. However, that requires knowing the right questions to ask, critical thinking, reading comprehension and medi…
"Ivy League" means: An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (US) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“One of my husband's cousins is like this. His parents were educated professionals (one was an Ivy league professor). He was a musical prodigy who dropped out of college after one semester. He's now a successful theater music director.”
“Lot of politicians went to Ivy League colleges and that lowers my opinion of the institutions since it seems their college years literally made them a more horrible person.”
“AI has the POTENTIAL to give people an Ivy League-level of education, including PhD-levels of understanding. However, that requires knowing the right questions to ask, critical thinking, reading comprehension and media literacy. Most people severely lack all of those.”
“Ok but actual credentials, not Ivy League BS.”
“It’s sad to see the downward trajectory of Ivy League universities… IMO, they used to be the crème de la crème of educational institutions…😢”
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