college

Meaning of college

noun
  1. A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
  2. (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
    College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons
  3. An electoral college.
  4. An academic institution.
  5. A specialized division of a university.
    College of Engineering
  6. An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
  7. A university.
  8. Attendance at an institution of higher education.
    These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.
  9. A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
  10. A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
    Pembroke College, Cambridge; Balliol College, Oxford; University College, London
  11. An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
  12. An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
  13. A high school or secondary school.
    Eton College
  14. A private (non-government) primary or high school.
  15. A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
  16. A government high school, short for junior college.
  17. (in Chile) A bilingual school.

Information about college

Hyphenation of college

col-lege

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • college is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

college synonyms

Meaning :

department, faculty, school

Translation of college

Words that rhyme with college

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