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   Col·lege

   /ˈkälij/

   

   noun

   • 1. an educational institution or establishment, in particular one providing higher education or specialized professional or vocational training: "my brother wanted to go to college" Similar educational institutiontraining establishmentcenter of learningseat of learningschoolacademyuniversityinstituteseminaryconservatoryconservatoirehistorical:polytechnic
   • ▪ any of the independent institutions into which certain universities are separated, each having its own teaching staff, students, and buildings: "the Oxford colleges"
   • ▪ a private secondary school: British "Eton College"
   • ▪ (within a university) a school offering a general liberal arts curriculum leading only to a bachelor's degree: US "Harvard College"
   • ▪ the teaching staff and students of a college considered collectively: "the college was shocked by his death"
   • 2. an organized group of professional people with particular aims, duties, and privileges: "the electoral college" Similar associationsocietyclubgroupbandcirclefellowshipbodyguildlodgeorderfraternityconfraternitybrotherhoodsisterhoodsororityleagueunionallianceaffiliationinstitutioncoteriefederationrare:sodality

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin collegium ‘partnership’, from collega ‘partner in office’, from col- ‘together with’ + legare ‘depute’.

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