community collegenoun [ C ]
uk/kəˈmjuː.nə.ti ˌkɒl.ɪdʒ/us/kəˈmjuː.nə.t̬i ˌkɑː.lɪdʒ/UK a school for children between the ages of eleven and 18 that also provides different types of classes, sports, etc. for adults from the local area
US a two-year college where students can learn a skill or prepare to enter a university
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Types of school
- alma mater
- business school
- charter school
- coed
- coeducational
- college
- comprehensive school
- convent school
- faith school
- fee-paying
- finishing school
- graduate school
- grammar school
- high school
- independent school
- infant
- junior school
- madrasa
- parochial school
- single-sex
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