English
college
see also: College
Etymology

From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈkɑlɪd͡ʒ/
Noun

college (plural colleges)

  1. (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
  2. (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
    College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons
  3. (politics) An electoral college.
  4. An academic institution. [From 1560s.]
    1. A specialized division of a university.
      College of Engineering
    2. (chiefly, US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
      She's still in college
      These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.
    3. (Ireland, Philippines) A university.
    4. (Canada) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
    5. (chiefly, UK) A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
      Pembroke College, Cambridge
      Balliol College, Oxford
      University College, London
    6. (UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
    7. (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
    8. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.
      Eton College
    9. (Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
    10. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
    11. (Singapore) A government high school, short for junior college.
    12. (in Chile) A bilingual school.
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  • French: université, fac (short for faculté)
  • German: Fachhochschule
  • Italian: scuola universitaria
  • Portuguese: IES, instituição de ensino superior
  • Russian: вуз
  • Spanish: escuela universitaria
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  • Spanish: escuela técnica, escuela de artes aplicadas, escuela de ciencias aplicadas
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College
Proper noun
  1. CDP in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska.
  2. A twp in Knox County, Ohio, named for Kenyon College.
  3. A twp in Centre County, Pennsylvania; it borders onto the municipality of State College, Pennsylvania.


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