college

/ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/

noun 5name 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

community, local | sixth form, tertiary | tutorial | university | agricultural, art, FE/further education, military, music, police, secretarial, teacher training, technical, theological, veterinary, etc.

VERB + COLLEGE

attend, go to | finish, graduate from

COLLEGE + NOUN

lecturer, principal, teacher | staff | student | course | chapel, library, room

PREP

at ~

My brother is at college studying engineering and he enjoys living on campus.

in ~

Most of the students in college live in shared accommodation near the campus.

PHRASES

a college of (further/higher) education

Definitions

noun

An academic institution.

College of Engineering

An academic institution.

She's still in college

These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.

An academic institution.

Pembroke College, Cambridge

Balliol College, Oxford

name

A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.

A township in Knox County, Ohio, United States, named for Kenyon College.

A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States; it borders onto the municipality of State College, Pennsylvania.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

College of Engineering

Wiktionary

She's still in college

Wiktionary

These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.

Wiktionary

Though his stay in Europe was transient, Spenser felt he had learned much more about interactions with other people from traveling than he did at college.

Tatoeba · #1946

Which college are you aiming for?

Tatoeba · #16483

I think your father hoped you would go to college.

Tatoeba · #17406

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, college is marked as US, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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