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- Dictionarycollege/ˈkɒlɪdʒ/
noun
- 1. an educational institution or establishment, in particular one providing higher education or specialized professional or vocational training: "colleges of further education" Similar
- 2. an organized group of professional people with particular aims, duties, and privileges: "the Royal College of Physicians" Similar
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COLLEGE definition: 1. a university, especially one where you study for an undergraduate (= first) degree: 2. a place…. Learn more.
A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary school.
The meaning of COLLEGE is an independent institution of higher learning offering a course of general studies leading to a bachelor's degree; also : a university division offering this. How to use college in a sentence.
Definitions of college. noun. an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university. see more. noun. the body of faculty and students of a college. see more. noun. a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ˈkɑlɪdʒ/ UK. /ˈkɒlɪdʒ/
College definition: an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training.. See examples of COLLEGE used in a sentence.
A college is an institution where students study after they have left school. He is doing business studies at a local college. American English : college / ˈkɒlɪdʒ /
noun. /ˈkɒlɪdʒ/ /ˈkɑːlɪdʒ/ [countable, uncountable] (often in names) (in the UK) a place where students go to study or to receive training after they have left school. a secretarial college. the Royal College of Art. a college course/student. She wanted to go to college to become a nurse. at college He's at college.
a place where students are educated when they are between 16 and 18 years old, or after they have finished school: a sixth-form college. a teacher-training college. Fewer examples. The college has approximately 700 students. She got involved with a boy from college.
COLLEGE meaning: 1 : a school in the U.S. that you go to after high school a school that offers courses leading to a degree (such as a bachelor's degree or an associate's degree) often used before another noun; 2 : a part of an American university that offers courses in a specified subject often + of
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.
