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

Noun

1. an institution of higher or further education that is not a university

2. a self-governing section of certain universities

3. Brit & NZ a name given to some secondary schools

4. an organized body of people with specific rights and duties: the president is elected by an electoral college

5. a body organized within a particular profession, concerned with regulating standards

6. the staff and students of a college [Latin collega 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

Translations

college [ˈkɔlɪdʒ] n → colegio; [of technology, agriculture etc] → escuela

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college [ˈkɔlɪdʒ] n → collège m [of technology, agriculture etc]; institut m;

to go to college → faire des études supérieures;

college of education → école normale

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college [ˈkɔlɪdʒ] n → College nt;

(of agriculture, technology) → Fachhochschule f;

to go to college → studieren;

college of education → pädagogische Hochschule f

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college [ˈkɔlɪdʒ] n (SCOL) → college m inv [of technology, agriculture etc] → istituto superiore (= body); collegio;

college of education → facoltà f inv di Magistero