college
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Definition of college
17 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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An academic institution.
“College of Engineering”
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noun
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An academic institution.
“College of Engineering”
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(US)An academic institution.
“She's still in college”
“These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.”
“All the courses here at the college.”
- (Ireland, Philippines)An academic institution.
- (Canada)An academic institution.
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(UK)An academic institution.
“Pembroke College, Cambridge”
“Balliol College, Oxford”
“University College, London”
- (UK)An academic institution.
- (UK)An academic institution.
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(Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK)An academic institution.
“Eton College”
- (Australia)An academic institution.
- (Australia)An academic institution.
- (Singapore)An academic institution.
- An academic institution.
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A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially ecclesiastics or professionals; a corporate group; a group of colleagues.
“Near-synonyms: society, association, academy”
“College of Cardinals”
“College of Surgeons”
“Dissolution of Colleges Act 1545”
“Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547”
- An electoral college.
name
- A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.
- A township in Knox County, Ohio, United States, named for Kenyon College.
- A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States; it borders onto the municipality of State College, Pennsylvania.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lēgō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin collēga Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin collēgiumbor. Old French college Middle French collegebor. Middle English college English college From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium.
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