Meaning of college in English

college

noun

/ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/ us

/ˈkɑː.lɪdʒ/

college noun (EDUCATION)

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[ C or U ] US

a university, especially one where you study for an undergraduate (= first) degree:

in college I met my husband when we were in college.

go to college They want their kids to go to (= study at) college.

college student The internship was only open to college students.

college graduate Neither of my parents were college graduates.

college professor She was one of four college professors sanctioned by the administration.

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community college

[ C or U ]

a place for specialized education after the age of 16 or 18, where people study and train to get technical skills or knowledge for a particular type of job:

a teacher training college

a secretarial college

a Naval college

at college She's at art college.

[ C or U ]

one of the separate and named parts into which some universities are divided:

King's College, Cambridge

Students must rank the colleges in order of preference when applying for admission to UC San Diego.

Cambridge has some very fine old colleges (= college buildings).

in college UK I lived in college in my first year.

[ C ] US (usually College)

(also mainlyUK School)

a part of a university where you study for a degree in a particular subject area:

college of She is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at New York University.

The College of Medicine will be located permanently in the new building.

He is a dean of the University of Texas at Austin's College of Engineering.

A2 [ C or U ] UK

a place for education between the ages of 16 and 18:

a sixth form college

After my GCSEs I want to go to college for my A levels.

[ C ] (usually College)

in Britain and Australia, used in the names of some schools for children, especially private schools (= where education is paid for by parents):

Cheltenham Ladies' College

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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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college noun (GROUP)

[ C ] UK (usually College)

a group of people with a particular job, purpose, duty, or power who are organized into a group for sharing ideas, making decisions, etc.:

the Royal College of Medicine/Nursing

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(Definition of college from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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college

noun [ C ]

/ˈkɑl·ɪdʒ/

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a place of higher education usually for people who have finished twelve years of schooling and where they can obtain more advanced knowledge and get a degree to recognize this

A college is also one of the separate parts into which some universities are divided:

She graduated from the university’s College of Business Management.

(Definition of college from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of college

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There were also dinners with several other masters of colleges.

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A re-examination of some historical themes, notably that concerning the establishment of colleges when information for the entire country becomes available, may supply an answer.

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Now we have a mixture of education services, music services, arts centres, music teaching agencies, colleges and professional development services.

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The worst of the teaching offered in theological colleges occurs because the staff are few and the ground to be covered enormous.

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He wanted to keep the church schools and the church colleges for the training of teachers despite the large sums of money which this needed.

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In fact the further education colleges did a mass of other work, including school-type courses.

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His previous concern as to competition amongst peers has also been dispelled, and he appears happy with life at the college's self-catering hall of residence.

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The education offered in the colleges was free to the consumer.

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The approach outlined here, although innovative, is not unique; similar schemes are in operation in a number of universities and colleges.

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Instrumental teaching in schools, colleges and universities is still predominantly based upon the one-to-one single weekly lesson.

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The medical colleges and hospitals were rigidly controlled by the funding agency (state government or municipal corporation), which had the final say in all matters.

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With the subtraction performed, we are left with approximately 125 million in schools and six million in colleges, the latter also being the lowest estimate.

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The same was true of institutes and colleges of higher education.

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The intake to initial teacher training in the colleges was 30,000 in 1975.

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By the 1890s the provincial colleges had their specialisms.

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accredited college

The school is a regionally accredited college and seminary.

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college administrator

He insisted that no college administrator could hold an official position in the association, giving doctors in the field a collective voice.

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college application

The college advisor works one-on-one with the student throughout the college application process.

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Meaning of college in English

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college noun (GROUP)

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