junior college

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noun

a collegiate institution offering courses only through the first one or two years of college instruction and granting a certificate of title instead of a degree.

a division of a college, university, or university system offering general courses during the first two years of instruction or fulfilling administrative duties applicable to freshmen and sophomores.

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Origin of junior college

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Words nearby junior college

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How to use junior college in a sentence

The 2020-21 Jerry West Award winner started his career at a junior college in Florida before joining the Oregon Ducks for the 2019-20 season.
NBA Teams Love Young Lottery Picks. These 3 ‘Old’ Players Might Change Their Minds.|Santul Nerkar (santul.nerkar@abc.com)|July 28, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
He didn’t provide a training facility for years, forcing the team to practice at the gym of a local junior college.
The Billionaire Playbook: How Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes|by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Ellis Simani|July 8, 2021|ProPublica
Major League Baseball teams can draft players who have graduated high school but have yet to play in college or junior college.
Absence of Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark from WNBA draft sparks age-limit discussion|Kareem Copeland|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
If you really love the game, you may have to go to a prep school or a junior college.
On basketball signing day, high schoolers see negative impact of pandemic, college changes|Michael Errigo|April 15, 2021|Washington Post

Brooks then moved to Midland College, another junior college, and that team won the title the next year.
When Houston and Baylor meet in the Final Four, it will be father vs. son on the sidelines|Emily Giambalvo|April 1, 2021|Washington Post
And then I did teachers all throughout elementary school and junior high for my friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Under the current president and his predecessor, Jett notes, the ambassadorship of Belize has gone to college roommates.
U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale|William O’Connor|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
In 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|DAILY BEAST
He was converted and baptized, and was the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard college.
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They 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) Wells
But you will find most colleges and most college societies bar religious instruction and discussion.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In practice we find a good deal of technical study comes into the college stage.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In 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 junior college

junior college

noun US and Canadian

an educational establishment providing a two-year course that either terminates with an associate degree or is the equivalent of the freshman and sophomore years of a four-year undergraduate course

the junior section of a college or university

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