intervarsity
A competition taking place between universities.
Adjective
- taking place between universities
- Oxford stands for intra-varsity in addition to intervarsity sport. - 1914 (Apr), L. C. Hull, "Athletics at Oxford: The New Rules", The American Oxonian 1(1): 23
- Yet, while its Lillie Bridge ground staged the inter-varsity match and the national amateur championships ... - 2004, Mike Huggins, The Victorians and sport:
- This intervarsity meet was held in the South China Athletic Association's new Caroline Hill Stadium ... - 2006, S. F. Lam, Julian W. Chang, The quest for gold: fifty years of amateur sports in Hong Kong:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English varsity English intervarsity From inter- + varsity.
Noun
- A competition taking place between universities.
- As a player Craven took part in seven Intervarsities with remarkable success[…]Asked which Intervarsities were special, he said they were all special. - 1994, Paul Dobson, Doc: The Life of Danie Craven, pages 76–77:
- I responded by saying that the intervarsity was a student affair and had to be taken up with the students. - 2000, Stuart Saunders, Vice-chancellor on a tightrope:
- Much the same could be said for the annual intervarsities between the universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch - 2005, Saul Dubow, Alan Jeeves, South Africa's 1940s: worlds of possibilities: