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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024col•lege /ˈkɑlɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. - Show Businessa school or institution of higher education that grants a bachelor's degree: [countable]She chose a college that had a good business department.[uncountable]He was in college during the war.
- an organized group or union of people with common interests, duties, or powers:[countable]the college of physicians.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024col•lege (kol′ij),USA pronunciation n. - Educationan institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Cf. university.
- Educationa constituent unit of a university, furnishing courses of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences, usually leading to a bachelor's degree.
- Educationan institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction, as in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, or music, often a part of a university.
- Educationan endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England.
- Educationa similar corporation outside a university.
- Educationthe building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education.
- Educationthe administrators, faculty, and students of a college.
- Education(in Britain and Canada) a private secondary school.
- Governmentan organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit:The electoral college formally selects the president.
- a company;
assemblage. - ReligionAlso called collegium. a body of clergy living together on a foundation for religious service or similar activity.
- British Termsa prison.
- Latin collēgium, equivalent. to col- col-1 + lēg-, variant stem of legere to gather + -ium -ium; compare colleague
- Anglo-French, Middle French
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: college /ˈkɒlɪdʒ/ n - an institution of higher education; part of a university
- a school or an institution providing specialized courses or teaching: a college of music
- the building or buildings in which a college is housed
- the staff and students of a college
- an organized body of persons with specific rights and duties: an electoral college
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin collēgium company, society, band of associates, from collēga; see colleague |