college
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.
Origin of college
1Other words from college
- post·col·lege, noun, adjective
- pre·col·lege, noun, adjective
- subcollege, noun
Words Nearby college
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How to use college in a sentence
I read The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to by Roots author Alex Haley for the first time in college.
How Laurence Fishburne Gave Voice To ‘The Autobiography Of Malcolm X’ | Joi-Marie McKenzie | September 17, 2020 | Essence.comSadly, most of these innovations never took hold in our schools and colleges, and remote learners today are left with edtech that feels like it is still trapped in the 90s.
Why hasn’t digital learning lived up to its promise? | Walter Thompson | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchInsideSherpa, a Y Combinator graduate, hosts virtual work experience programs for college students all around the world.
Forage, formerly InsideSherpa, raises $9.3 million Series A for virtual work experiences | Natasha Mascarenhas | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchThe best laid plans of colleges and universities are no assurance during a public health crisis.
Still, Mulligan’s analysis considered Sanders’s proposals for universal health care, “free public college, free child care … a full transformation of the energy sector” and more.
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This is the Mexico that U.S. college students would be wise to steer clear of on spring break.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTUnder the current president and his predecessor, Jett notes, the ambassadorship of Belize has gone to college roommates.
If the oft-talked-about college “hook-up culture” could be embodied by a place, it would be Shooters.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating | Ellie Schaack | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn my four years of college, I know exactly one woman who has asked a man out on a date.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating | Ellie Schaack | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThis was also the year Duke University student Belle Knox put college girls on the map.
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex | Aurora Snow | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was converted and baptized, and was the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard college.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThey are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsBut you will find most colleges and most college societies bar religious instruction and discussion.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsIn practice we find a good deal of technical study comes into the college stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsIn Scotland and America that is distinguished and thought of clearly as the college stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
British Dictionary definitions for college
/ (ˈkɒlɪdʒ) /
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: an electoral college See also Sacred College
a body of clerics living in community and supported by endowment
mainly British an obsolete slang word for prison
Origin of college
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