college

plural colleges · alternative obsolete colledg · alternative obsolete colledge

1. An academic institution.
   1. educationA specialized division of a university.First known use 1560s.

      College of Engineering

      Synonyms: department

   2. USeducationAn institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.First known use 1560s.

      She's still in college.

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      These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.

      All the courses here at the college.

   3. IrelandPhilippineseducationA university.First known use 1560s.
   4. CanadaeducationA postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.First known use 1560s.
   5. UKeducationA non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.First known use 1560s.

      Balliol College, Oxford

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      Pembroke College, Cambridge

      University College, London

   6. UKeducationAn institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.First known use 1560s.
   7. UKeducationAn institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).First known use 1560s.
   8. AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandSouth AfricaUKeducationA high school or secondary school.First known use 1560s.

      Eton College

   9. AustraliaeducationA private (non-government) primary or high school.First known use 1560s.
   10. AustraliaeducationA residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.First known use 1560s.
   11. SingaporeeducationA government high school, short for junior college.First known use 1560s.
   12. educationA bilingual school.First known use 1560s.
2. A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially ecclesiastics or professionals; a corporate group; a group of colleagues.

   College of Surgeons

   5 more examples

   Near-synonyms: society, association, academy

   College of Cardinals

   Dissolution of Colleges Act 1545

   Dissolution of Colleges Act 1547

   The Salii were not limited to Rome; similar colleges of dancing priests are known to have existed in many towns of ancient Italy.

   1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 232

   Synonyms: society, association, academy

3. governmentAn electoral college.

present singular third person colleges · participle present colleging · participle past colleged · past colleged · alternative obsolete colledg · alternative obsolete colledge

1. intransitiverareTo attend a college.

   […] the sole concession to context is a discussion of the relationship between members of Blur and the young British artists they colleged with.

   2003, ThirdWay (volume 26, number 7, page 30)

1. A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.
2. A township in Knox County, Ohio, United States, named for Kenyon College.
3. A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States; it borders onto the municipality of State College, Pennsylvania.