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• a secretarial college
• the royal college of art
• a college course/student
• she wanted to go to college to become a nurse.

college

1. (in the UK) a place where students go to study or to receive training after they have left school
• SEE ALSO college of further education
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/college-of-further-education
• a secretarial college
• the Royal College of Art
• a college course/student
• She wanted to go to college to become a nurse.
• She's at college.

Extra Examples

• Not all the lecturers are in college at any one time.
• She's at college in Swindon.
• The college runs a course for would-be arts administrators.
• a college of education
• The whole college was shocked to hear the news.
• When I left school I went to secretarial college.
2. (in the US) a university where students can study for a degree after they have left school
• SEE ALSO community college (2)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/community-college#communitycollege_sng_2
• She was the first in her family to attend college.
• He's hoping to go to college next year.
• I graduated from college with an English degree.
• She's now in her first year of college.
• Carleton College
• a four-year/liberal arts/private college
• He got interested in politics when he was in college.
• She's away at college in California.
• Their eldest son son is just out of college.
• a college campus/degree/education
• a college student/graduate/professor
• college football/basketball

Extra Examples

• The college graduated 50 students last year.
• college graduation exercises
3. a place where you can study for higher or more specialist qualifications after you finish high school
4. one of the separate institutions that some British universities, such as Oxford and Cambridge, are divided into
• King’s College, Cambridge
• a tour of Oxford colleges
• Most students live in college.
5. (in the US) one of the main divisions of some large universities
• The history department is part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
6. the teachers and/or students of a college
7. a secondary school, especially one where you must pay
• Eton College
8. an organized group of professional people with special interests, duties or powers
• SEE ALSO electoral college
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/electoral-college
• the Royal College of Physicians
• the American College of Cardiology

Extra Examples

• A college of cardinals will choose the next pope.
• New guidelines have been released by the Royal College of Surgeons.

Word Origin

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