college
nounUK /ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/ · US /ˈkɑ.lɪdʒ/
Etymology From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium.
14 senses
- 1A specialized division of a university.
- 2An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
- 3A university.
- 4A postsecondary institution that offers vocational…
- 5A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a…
- 6An institution of further education at an intermediate…
- 7An institution for adult education at a basic or…
- 8A high school or secondary school.
- 9A private (non-government) primary or high school.
- 10A residential hall associated with a university…
- 11A government high school, short for junior college.
- 12A bilingual school.
- 13A group of people sharing common purposes or goals…
- 14An electoral college.
› An academic institution.
1
Education A specialized division of a university.
- College of Engineering
- She's still in college
- These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.
1 more example
- All the courses here at the college.
3
Education Ireland, Philippines A university.
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Education UK A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
- Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Balliol College, Oxford
1 more example
- University College, London
8
Education Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK A high school or secondary school.
- Eton College
12
Education In Chile A bilingual school.
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In some proper nouns A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially ecclesiastics or professionals; a corporate group; a group of colleagues.
- Near-synonyms: society, association, academy
- College of Cardinals
4 more examples
- College of Surgeons
- Dissolution of Colleges Act 1545
- Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547
- The Salii were not limited to Rome; similar colleges of dancing priests are known to have existed in many towns of ancient Italy.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 232:
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Government, Politics An electoral college.
- Synonyms
- department, faculty, school
- Derived terms
54 terms
anticollege, Benedict College, Bene't College, Buckingham College, city technology college, classical college, college-age, college-aged, collegebound, collegeboy, College City, College for Women, college-goer, collegegoer, collegeless, collegelike, collegemate, College of Cardinals, College Park, college pheasant, colleger, college-ruled, College Station, college town, college try, college wage premium, collegewide, collegey, cow college, Dookie College, Electoral College, fresh-out-of-college, Gloucester College, Hertford College, Iffley College, intercollege, Joe College, King's College, merit badge college, middle college, multicollege, noncollege, out-college, out-of-college, Parks College, Peterhouse College, postcollege, precollege, sixth form college, staff college, St Benet's College, subcollege, uncolleged, University College- Related terms
- collegiate, collegiate church, collegium, old college try, university