COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art mean? 

• COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART (noun)
  The noun COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART has 1 sense:

1. university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences

  Familiarity information: COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART used as a noun is very rare.

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• COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART (noun)

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Meaning:

University founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cooper Union; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Instance hypernyms:

university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)

Holonyms ("Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art" is a part of...):

Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)