Adjective
taking place between universities
Usage- UK usage
- not-comparable
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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 ...
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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.
Noun
A competition taking place between universities.
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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.
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Much the same could be said for the annual intervarsities between the universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch