Associations to the word «College»

Wiktionary

COLLEGE, noun. (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
COLLEGE, noun. (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
COLLEGE, noun. (politics) An electoral college.
COLLEGE, noun. An academic institution. [From 1560s.]
COLLEGE, noun. A specialized division of a university.
COLLEGE, noun. (chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
COLLEGE, noun. (attributively) (chiefly US) Attendance at an institution of higher education.
COLLEGE, noun. (Canada) (Israel) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
COLLEGE, noun. (chiefly UK) A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
COLLEGE, noun. (UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
COLLEGE, noun. (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
COLLEGE, noun. (UK) (Australia) (New Zealand) (Ireland) (South Africa) A high school or secondary school.
COLLEGE, noun. (Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
COLLEGE, noun. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
COLLEGE, noun. (Chile) A bilingual school.
COLLEGE TRY, noun. Alternative form of old college try

Dictionary definition

COLLEGE, noun. The body of faculty and students of a college.
COLLEGE, noun. An institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university.
COLLEGE, noun. A complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats