Definitions for college
ˈkɒl ɪdʒcol·lege

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. college(noun)

   the body of faculty and students of a college

2. college(noun)

   an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

3. college(noun)

   a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed

Wiktionary(3.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. college(Noun)

   An institution of further education at an intermediate level (in the UK, typically teaching those aged 16 to 19); sixth form.

   Etymology: From college, from collegium.

2. college(Noun)

   An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).

   Etymology: From college, from collegium.

3. college(Noun)

   A secondary school.

   Eton College

   Etymology: From college, from collegium.

4. college(Noun)

   A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.

   Pembroke College, Cambridge; Balliol College, Oxford; University College, London

   Etymology: From college, from collegium.

5. college(Noun)

   A residential hall associated with a university, which may be independent or have its own tutors but is not involved in teaching.

   Etymology: From college, from collegium.

6. college(Noun)

   Any institution of higher education.

   Etymology: From college, from collegium.

7. college(Noun)

   An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates and/or graduates. Nearly synonymous with university, with less emphasis on research and may, or may not, have graduate or doctoral programs.

   Etymology: From college, from collegium.

8. college(Noun)

   A specialized division of a university.

   College of Engineering

   Etymology: From college, from collegium.

9. college(Noun)

   A high school or secondary school.

   Etymology: From college, from collegium.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. College(noun)

   a collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops

   Etymology: [F. collge, L. collegium, fr. collega colleague. See Colleague.]

2. College(noun)

   a society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges

   Etymology: [F. collge, L. collegium, fr. collega colleague. See Colleague.]

3. College(noun)

   a building, or number of buildings, used by a college

   Etymology: [F. collge, L. collegium, fr. collega colleague. See Colleague.]

4. College(noun)

   fig.: A community

   Etymology: [F. collge, L. collegium, fr. collega colleague. See Colleague.]

Freebase(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. College

   A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. Usage of the word college varies in English-speaking nations. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate university, or an institution offering vocational education. In the United States, "college" formally refers to a constituent part of a university, although in Ireland and in some cases in the US, "college" and "university" are interchangeable, whereas in Ireland, the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and other former and present Commonwealth nations, "college" may refer to a secondary or high school, a college of further education, a training institution that awards trade qualifications, or a constituent part of a university.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. College

   kol′ej, n. an incorporation, company, or society of persons joined together generally for literary or scientific purposes, and often possessing peculiar or exclusive privileges: a member of the body known as the university: (U.S.) often used as the equivalent of university: a seminary of learning: a literary, political, or religious institution: the edifice appropriated to a college.—n. Coll′eger, inmate of a college: one of the seventy foundationers at Eton College.—adj. Collē′gial, pertaining to a college.—ns. Collē′gian, a member or inhabitant of a college: (slang) inmate of a prison; Collē′gianer, a member of a college, a student.—adj. Collē′giate, pertaining to or resembling a college: containing a college, as a town; instituted like a college: corporate.—n. inmate of a prison, &c.—College of Arms, Heralds' College, a collegiate body incorporated in 1483, presided over by the Earl Marshal, and including Garter, principal King-of-arms, Clarenceux, and Norroy, besides six heralds and four pursuivants: College of Justice, in Scotland, a great forensic society, composed of judges, advocates, writers to the signet, and solicitors.—Collegiate church, Collegial church, a church so called from having a college or chapter, consisting of a dean or provost and canons, attached to it (in Scotland, a church occupied by two or more pastors of equal rank—also Collegiate charge). [Fr. collège—L. collegium, from col, and legĕre, to gather.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. college

   A place where you have to go in order to find out that there is nothing in it. (See Marriage.)

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. COLLEGE

   From Fr. _colle_, pasted or stuck, and _etude_, study. A place where everyone is stuck on study. (?)

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. college

   A type of education system for the provision of education, learning, training, instruction for a range of curriculum, courses and study for students with just sufficient classrooms, buildings and appropriate forms of housing, leisure and sports facilities, gym, space for vehicles and bicycles, open space and landscaping, provided as a goodwill gesture to members of the public and paid for with a variety of local unity government funding, regional unity government funding, national unity government funding, european unity government funding, international unity government funding, business funding, philanthropy income, music artist philanthropy income, citizen income and crowdfunding.

   Colleges are an amazing place to learn, grow, mature, develop and have fun.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'college' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1011

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'college' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1035

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'college' in Nouns Frequency: #346

How to pronounce college?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of college in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of college in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of college in a Sentence

1. Dave Hartman:

   Without making Kavanaugh Monday sound less important, this is a college town -- things haven't changed in that we deal with these types of incidents on a daily basis, this was a dispute between two people at a bar and an assault. But it certainly lends to a simple assault rather than an aggravated assault. That's pretty much where we are and I don't see this going any further with New Haven Police.

2. Matthew Wolff:

   The last couple weeks I felt like I was being a little too strategic, in college I just kind of let it rip so when I came out here I told my caddie that's what we're going to do this week.

3. Yisrael Katz:

   These are significant steps in the ongoing fight against antisemitism and the BDS movement on college campuses.

4. Jill Barret:

   Everyone loved Chip Gaines. Chip Gaines was just a blast. when we were in college together, I had a little coffee house called Common Grounds.

5. Armistead Whitney:

   It’s no longer college kids just trying to show they can break into a network, it’s now rogue nations. It’s rogue individuals, rogue groups, that are actually using cyber attacks as a way to promote their agenda.

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