college
/ˈkɑ.lɪdʒ/ noun A1- A specialized division of a university. · College of Engineering
- An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates. · She's still in college.· These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.
- A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
- A government high school, short for junior college.
- A bilingual school.
- 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
- An electoral college.
Plural colleges
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“The son has been educated in a college in the south; I believe near Marseilles.
Richard, only six months home from college, was startled a little.
You’ve been to college, but she’ll overlook that.”
Josie Pye says she is just going to college for education’s sake, because she won’t have to earn her own living; she says of course it is different with orphans who are living on charity--_they_ have to hustle.
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