(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) any of the Ivy League universities, such as Dartmouth, Brown, and Cornell that are generally seen as less prestigious than Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
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(US, education, informal) A public university that has the academic quality or prestige of an Ivy League university.
(US, education, informal) A small liberal arts college that has the academic quality or prestige of an Ivy League university.
(US, education, politics) An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.
(US) A person who was educated at an Ivy League institution.
(US, informal) Three prestigious colleges in the US: Harvard, Yale and Princeton.