college

col·lege  (klj)

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.

c. A school, sometimes but not always a university, offering special instruction in professional or technical subjects.

d. The students, faculty, and administration of such a school or institution.

e. The building or buildings occupied by such a school or institution.

f. Chiefly British A self-governing society of scholars for study or instruction, incorporated within a university.

g. An institution in France for secondary education 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.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin collgium, association; see collegium.]

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college [ˈkɒlɪdʒ]

n

1. (Social Science / Education) an institution of higher education; part of a university

2. (Social Science / Education) a school or an institution providing specialized courses or teaching a college of music

3. (Social Science / Education) the building or buildings in which a college is housed

4. (Social Science / 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. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a body of clerics living in community and supported by endowment

7. Chiefly Brit an obsolete slang word for prison

[from Latin collēgium company, society, band of associates, from collēga; see 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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	college - the body of faculty and students of a college body - 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" academe, academia - the academic world 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 universities

Translations

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 m
College 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.

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college [ˈkɒlɪdʒ]

n

(= university) → université f
to go to college → aller à l'université

[technology, agriculture] → institut m

(= part of university) → collège m

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 professor
college-bound [ˈkɒlɪdʒbaʊnd] adj (US) college-bound student → élève mf qui se destine aux études universitaires
college graduate n → diplômé(e) m/f, licencié(e) m/f
college of education n → école normale
college of further education n → centre m de formation continue
college professor n → professeur m d'université
college student n (= university student) → étudiant(e) m/f

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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

(of music, agriculture, technology etc) → Fachhochschule f; College of Art → Kunstakademie f

(= body) College of Cardinals → Kardinalskollegium nt; College of Physicians/Surgeons → Ärztebund m, → Ärztekammer f

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college [ˈkɒlɪdʒ] n

a. (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

b. (body) → collegio

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college [ˈkɒlɪdʒ] n

a. (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

b. (body) → collegio

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college

n college [ˈkolidʒ]

(any or all of the buildings housing) a higher-education institution He studies at agricultural college. kollege كُلِّيَّه колеж vysoká škola højere læreanstalt; videregående uddannelsesinstitution; college das College κολέγιο escuela universitaria, facultad kolledž دانشکده؛ مدرسۀ عالی oppilaitos, college établissement d'enseignement supérieur מִכלָלָה महाविद्यालय viša, visoka škola főiskola perguruan tinggi framhaldsskóli facoltà, istituto universitario 大学 (단과) 대학 koledžas koledža kolej instelling voor hoger onderwijs høyskole; fakultet på universitetet; høyere skole uczelnia, wydział faculdade facultate университет;колледж vysoká škola visoka šola koledž college วิทยาลัย kolej, yüksek okul 學院 коледж کالج ، ، کلیہ trường cao đẳng 学院

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college → كُلِية střední škola college College κολέγιο colegio korkeakoulu faculté kolegij università カレッジ 대학 college college uczelnia colégio колледж läroanstalt วิทยาลัย kolej trường cao đẳng 学院