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college
[ kol-ij ]
noun
- an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university.
- a constituent unit of a university, furnishing courses of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences, usually leading to a bachelor's degree.
- an institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction, as in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, or music, often a part of a university.
- an endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England.
- a similar corporation outside a university.
- the building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education.
- the administrators, faculty, and students of a college.
- (in Britain and Canada) a private secondary school.
- an organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit:
The Electoral College formally selects the president.
- a company; assemblage.
- Also called collegium. a body of clergy living together on a foundation for religious service or similar activity.
- British Slang. a prison.
college
/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
- an institution of higher education; part of a university
- a school or an institution providing specialized courses or teaching
a college of music
- the building or buildings in which a college is housed
- the staff and students of a college
- an organized body of persons with specific rights and duties See also Sacred College
an electoral college
- a body of clerics living in community and supported by endowment
- an obsolete slang word for prison
Other Word Forms
- Dz·DZl noun adjective
- ·DZl noun adjective
- ܲcDZl noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of college1
Example Sentences
I have to admit, I felt a little disgruntled upon hearing that yet another player from my favorite college basketball team had entered the transfer portal.
It’s a who’s who of players who have been great in youth softball and college softball.
In a list of demands sent to Occidental President Tom Stritikus this week, the hunger strikers re-upped their call for the college to remove direct and indirect investments in weapons-making companies with ties to Israel.
There was a time when Carson Schwesinger had zero stars, zero college scholarship offers, seemingly zero hope to amount to much in football.
In high school and college, I was aware that there was this greater format to see the films, but being from the Midwest, I didn’t really have the means.
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