collegenoun
uk/ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈkɑː.lɪdʒ/college noun (EDUCATION)
[ C or U ] US a university where you can study for an undergraduate (= first) degree:
A2 [ C or U ] any place for specialized education after the age of 16 where people study or train to get knowledge and/or skills:
[ C ] one of the separate and named parts into which some universities are divided:
[ C ] in Britain and Australia, used in the names of some schools for children, especially private schools (= where education is paid for by parents):
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- We were taught painting and drawing at art college.
- In our third year at college everyone had to do a special project.
- Many colleges and universities now offer modular degree courses.
- She lectures in education at the teacher training college.
- I studied modern European history at college.
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University & college education
- academe
- academia
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- rector
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- trimester
- varsity
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college noun (GROUP)
[ C ] a group of people with a particular job, purpose, duty, or power who are organized into a group for sharing ideas, making decisions, etc.:
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Organizations, Societies & clubs
- Assn
- Assoc
- association
- book club
- brotherhood
- commission
- committee
- empire
- FC
- feeder club
- foundation
- friendly society
- housing association
- insignia
- institute
- monolith
- secret society
- select committee
- society
- the old guard
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