College Definition
kŏlĭj
colleges
noun
An institution of higher education that grants degrees, as a bachelor's degree after a four-year course or an associate degree after a two-year course: it is sometimes the undergraduate division of a university.
Webster's New World
Any of the schools of a university offering instruction and granting degrees in any of several specialized courses of study, esp. graduate study, as in liberal arts, architecture, law, or medicine.
Webster's New World
A junior or community college.
American Heritage
A school offering specialized instruction in some profession or occupation.
A secretarial college.
Webster's New World
An association of individuals having certain powers and duties, and engaged in some common pursuit.
The electoral college.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- professoriate
- professordom
- academe
- academy
- hall
- school
- institution
- academia
- university
- polytechnic
- four-year college
- junior-college
- teachers college
- liberal arts college
- community-college
Other Word Forms of College
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