college
- college
col|lege [ `kalıdʒ ] noun ***
1. ) count or uncount in the U.S., a place that gives students degrees. A school of this type can also be called a university if it is large enough to give degrees in more than one subject:
a college professor
a ) singular all the students and teachers in a college:
The whole college was talking about it.
b ) count one of the parts that some universities are divided into:
the University of Mexico's College of Arts and Sciences
c ) count or uncount in the U.K., a place that gives students qualifications below the level of a university degree, often in the skills they need to do a particular job:
be at college (=be studying at college): She's at secretarial college.
go to college: Paul's going to college in September.
I've just started a college course.
d ) count or uncount in the U.K., a place that gives students degrees in a particular subject:
art/agricultural college
the Royal College of Music
2. ) count used in the names of some organizations whose members belong to a particular profession, especially a medical profession:
the American College of Surgeons
3. ) College used in the names of some British PRIVATE SCHOOLS:
Eton College
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English.
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