community college
Americannoun
noun
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another term for village college
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a nonresidential college offering two-year courses of study
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an adult education college with trade classes
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of community college
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Spoiler alert, if you somehow avoided Homer in community college: Nobody, save biblical Job, has had more misery hurled at them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The goal of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s dual-enrollment program with a nearby community college is to provide affordability for students and smooth an otherwise complex transfer process, administrators said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He did a year of community college, worked as a water-meter reader and met his wife working at Applebee’s before moving to Chicago to do stand-up, then to New York in 2004.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Selivra spent part of his childhood in foster care and, as a teenager, was homeless and slept in his car for more than a year before enrolling in community college, he told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
His mind slips to last fall and a writing course at the local community college.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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