˜yÐÄvlog

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college

[ kol-ij ]

noun

  1. an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university.
  2. a constituent unit of a university, furnishing courses of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences, usually leading to a bachelor's degree.
  3. an institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction, as in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, or music, often a part of a university.
  4. an endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England.
  5. a similar corporation outside a university.
  6. the building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education.
  7. the administrators, faculty, and students of a college.
  8. (in Britain and Canada) a private secondary school.
  9. an organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit:

    The Electoral College formally selects the president.

  10. a company; assemblage.
  11. Also called collegium. a body of clergy living together on a foundation for religious service or similar activity.
  12. British Slang. a prison.


college

/ ˈ°ìÉ’±ôɪ»åÏô /

noun

  1. an institution of higher education; part of a university
  2. a school or an institution providing specialized courses or teaching

    a college of music

  3. the building or buildings in which a college is housed
  4. the staff and students of a college
  5. an organized body of persons with specific rights and duties See also Sacred College

    an electoral college

  6. a body of clerics living in community and supported by endowment
  7. an obsolete slang word for prison
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è´Ç²õ³Ù·³¦´Ç±ôl±ð²µ±ð noun adjective
  • ±è°ù±ð·³¦´Ç±ôl±ð²µ±ð noun adjective
  • ²õ³Ü²úc´Ç±ôl±ð²µ±ð noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of college1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Middle French, from Latin ³¦´Ç±ô±ôŧ²µ¾±³Ü³¾, from col- col- 1 + ±ôŧ²µ-, variant stem of legere “to choose, gather, read†+ -ium -ium; colleague
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of college1

C14: from Latin ³¦´Ç±ô±ôŧ²µ¾±³Ü³¾ company, society, band of associates, from ³¦´Ç±ô±ôŧ²µ²¹; see colleague
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She is at college, working towards qualifications she did not get when she was in high school.

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It provides grants for humanities projects to organizations including museums, archives, libraries, colleges and scholars.

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He said he went into schools and colleges in Newport, Cardiff, Swansea and across the UK, as well as working with South Wales Police on its Not The One knife campaign.

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“His numbers were great this year, he’s had a really good college career and is looking forward to making the jump and contributing to a really good team.â€

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He worked his way through college and came to the U.S. on a student visa to pursue graduate studies.

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