[ C or U ] US a university where you can study for an undergraduate (= first) degree:
I met my husband when we were in college.
They want their kids to go to (= study at) college.
a college student/professor/graduate
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:
a teacher training college
a secretarial college
a Naval college
She's at art college.
UK a sixth form college
[ C ] one of the separate and named parts into which some universities are divided:
King's College, Cambridge
I attended the College of Arts and Sciences at New York University.
Cambridge has some very fine old colleges (= college buildings).
[ C ] 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