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college
an institution of higher learning
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col·lege
(kŏl′ĭj)n.
1.
a. An institution of higher learning that grants the bachelor's degree in liberal arts or science or both.
b. An undergraduate division or school of a university offering courses and granting degrees in a particular field or group of fields.
c. A junior or community college.
d. A school offering special instruction in a professional or technical subject: a medical college.
e. The students, faculty, and administration of one of these schools or institutions: new policies adopted by the college.
f. The building, buildings, or grounds where one of these schools or institutions is located: drove over to the college.
g. Chiefly British A self-governing society of scholars for study or instruction, incorporated within a university.
h. An institution for secondary education in France and certain other countries that is not supported by the state.
2.
a. A body of persons having a common purpose or shared duties: a college of surgeons.
b. An electoral college.
3. A body of clerics living together on an endowment.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin collēgium, association; see collegium.]
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college
(ˈkɒlɪdʒ)n
1. (Education) an institution of higher education; part of a university
2. (Education) a school or an institution providing specialized courses or teaching: a college of music.
3. (Education) the building or buildings in which a college is housed
4. (Education) the staff and students of a college
5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an organized body of persons with specific rights and duties: an electoral college. See also Sacred College
6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a body of clerics living in community and supported by endowment
7. chiefly Brit an obsolete slang word for prison
[C14: from Latin collēgium company, society, band of associates, from collēga; see colleague]
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col•lege
(ˈkɒl ɪdʒ)n.
1. an institution of higher learning that provides a general education in the liberal arts and sciences and grants a bachelor's degree. Compare university.
2. a constituent unit of a university offering instruction in a particular field of study.
3. an institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction: a business college.
4. an endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at Oxford and Cambridge in England.
5. the building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education.
6. the administrators, faculty, and students of a college.
7. Brit. a private secondary school.
8. an organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit: the electoral college.
9. a company; assemblage.
10. a body of clerics living in a funded institution.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin collēgium society; compare colleague]
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College
a body of colleagues or students; a collective body of a profession or religious order; a society of students or scholars. See also academy, institute.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
college
A college is a place where students study after they have left school.
Computer Studies is one of the courses offered at the local technical college.
She got a diploma from the Royal College of Music.
You use college immediately after a preposition when you are talking about someone's attendance at a college. For example, you say that someone is at college.
He hardly knew Andrew at college.
He says you need the money for college.
What do you plan to do after college?
In American English, you usually say that someone is in college, not 'at college'.
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| Noun | 1. |  college - the body of faculty and students of a collegebody - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" college - an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university |
| 2. | college - an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university educational institution - an institution dedicated to education college - the body of faculty and students of a college business college - a school for teaching the clerical aspects of business and commerce junior college - a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree training college - a school providing training for a special field or profession university - a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees | |
| 3. | college - a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed building complex, complex - a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures |
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college
see schools, colleges and universitiesCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
كُلِّيَّةكُلِّيَّه
vysoká škola
collegehøjere læreanstaltvideregående uddannelsesinstitution
آموزشگاه
korkeakoululukioopistooppilaitosyliopisto
koledž
framhaldsskóli
カレッジ
대학
koledžas
koledža
vysoká škola
läroanstalt
วิทยาลัย
kolejyüksek okul
trường cao đẳng
college
[ˈkɒlɪdʒ] N (= part of university) → colegio m universitario, escuela f universitaria (US) [of university] → facultad f; [of agriculture, technology] → escuela f; [of music] → conservatorio m; (= body) → colegio mCollege of Advanced Technology (Brit) → politécnico m
College of Further Education → Escuela f de Formación Profesional
to go to college → seguir estudios superiores
COLLEGE
En el Reino Unido college es un término que designa a cualquier institución de estudios no primarios. Puede hacer referencia a centros que otorgan un título de licenciado en materias específicas, como arte o música, o a centros de formación profesional. Además algunas universidades como Oxford y Cambridge se componen de colleges en los que los estudiantes tienen también alojamiento.
En la universidad estadounidense, un college es normalmente una división administrativa, semejante a una facultad, como por ejemplo College of Arts and Science o College of Medicine. En ellos se pueden estudiar carreras de cuatro años tras las que se obtiene el título de bachelor's degree. Los cursos de postgrado se imparten en graduate schools. Por otra parte, en los centros denominados junior colleges o community colleges se otorga un diploma llamado associate degree después de dos años de estudio y también se imparten clases de formación profesional a gente que está ya trabajando.
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
college
[ˈkɒlɪdʒ] modif [football, basketball] → interuniversitaire; [authorities] → de l'université
college education → études fpl supérieures college of education, college of further education, technical college, college student, college graduate, college professorcollege-bound [ˈkɒlɪdʒbaʊnd] adj (US) college-bound student → élève mf qui se destine aux études universitairescollege graduate n → diplômé(e) m/f, licencié(e) m/fcollege of education n → école normalecollege of further education n → centre m de formation continuecollege professor n → professeur m d'universitécollege student n (= university student) → étudiant(e) m/f
college education → études fpl supérieures college of education, college of further education, technical college, college student, college graduate, college professorcollege-bound [ˈkɒlɪdʒbaʊnd] adj (US) college-bound student → élève mf qui se destine aux études universitairescollege graduate n → diplômé(e) m/f, licencié(e) m/fcollege of education n → école normalecollege of further education n → centre m de formation continuecollege professor n → professeur m d'universitécollege student n (= university student) → étudiant(e) m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
college
n
(= part of university) → College nt, → Institut nt; to go to college (= university) → studieren; to start college → sein Studium beginnen; we met at college → wir haben uns im Studium kennengelernt
(= body) College of Cardinals → Kardinalskollegium nt; College of Physicians/Surgeons → Ärztebund m, → Ärztekammer f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
college
[ˈkɒlɪdʒ] na. (of technology, agriculture) → istituto superiore (Brit, Am) (Univ) → college m inv
college of art → scuola d'arte
college of music → conservatorio
to go to college (university) → andare all'università (other institution) → andare a un istituto di specializzazione
college of art → scuola d'arte
college of music → conservatorio
to go to college (university) → andare all'università (other institution) → andare a un istituto di specializzazione
b. (body) → collegio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
college
(ˈkolidʒ) noun (any or all of the buildings housing) a higher-education institution. He studies at agricultural college.
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college
→ كُلِّيَّة vysoká škola college College κολέγιο colegio, universidad korkeakoulu faculté koledž università カレッジ 대학 college college uczelnia colégio колледж läroanstalt วิทยาลัย kolej trường cao đẳng 学院Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009