Meaning of college | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An academic institution.
2. A specialized division of a university.
3. An academic institution. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A specialized division of a university
4. A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.
5. An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
   US
6. A specialized division of a university
7. (any or all of the buildings housing) a higher-education institution. He studies at agricultural college. kollege كُلِّيَّه колеж faculdade vysoká škola das College højere læreanstalt; videregående uddannelsesinstitution; college κολέγιο escuela universitaria, facultad kolledž دانشکده؛ مدرسۀ عالی korkeakoulu établissement d'enseignement supérieurמכללה महाविद्यालय viša, visoka škola főiskola perguruan tinggi framhaldsskóli facoltà, istituto universitario 大学 (단과) 대학 koledžas koledža kolej inste...
8. A township in Knox County, Ohio, United States, named for Kenyon College.
9. A university.
   Ireland, Philippines
10. An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates
11. An institution of higher learning that grants the bachelor's degree in liberal arts or science or both.
12. A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States; it borders onto the municipality of State College, Pennsylvania.
13. A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
    Canada
14. A university
15. A body of persons having a common purpose or shared duties: a college of surgeons.
16. A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
    UK
17. A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees
18. A body of clerics living together on an endowment.
19. An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
    UK
20. (Education) an institution of higher education; part of a university
21. An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
    UK
22. (Education) a school or an institution providing specialized courses or teaching: a college of music.
23. A high school or secondary school.
    Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK
24. (Education) the building or buildings in which a college is housed
25. A private (non-government) primary or high school.
    Australia
26. (Education) the staff and students of a college
27. A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
    Australia
28. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an organized body of persons with specific rights and duties: an electoral college. See also Sacred College
29. A government high school, short for junior college.
    Singapore
30. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a body of clerics living in community and supported by endowment
31. A bilingual school.
32. A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially ecclesiastics or professionals; a corporate group; a group of colleagues.
33. An electoral college.

Equivalents

Examples

“College of Engineering”

“She's still in college”

“These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.”

“Pembroke College, Cambridge”

“Balliol College, Oxford”

“University College, London”

“Eton College”

“Near-synonyms: society, association, academy”

“College of Cardinals”

“College of Surgeons”

“Dissolution of Colleges Act 1545”

“Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547”

“The Salii were not limited to Rome; similar colleges of dancing priests are known to have existed in many towns of ancient Italy.”

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