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Ivy League

Syllabification: (I·vy League)
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Definition of Ivy League

noun

  • a group of long-established colleges and universities in the eastern US having high academic and social prestige. It includes Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania: [as modifier]:an Ivy League school

Derivatives

Ivy Leaguer

noun

Origin:

with reference to the ivy traditionally growing over the walls of these establishments

Ivy League in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Ivy League in the British & World English dictionary