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college
  1. (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
  2. (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
  3. (politics) An electoral college.
  4. An academic institution. [From 1560s.]
  5. A specialized division of a university.
  6. (chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
  7. (attributively, chiefly US) Attendance at an institution of higher education.
  8. (Canada, Israel) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
  9. (chiefly Britain) A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
  10. (Britain) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
  11. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.
  12. (Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
  13. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
  14. (in Chile) A bilingual school.
  15. Synonyms:
  16. Examples:
    1. “While more and more workers need skill on the job, not all workers need to go to college to prepare for work.”
      “They would also be prohibited from accepting wagers from players or coaches involved in a booked college game.”
      “And I was making Waldorf salads in the college cafeteria one day, one of my five jobs working my way through school.”
collegiate
  1. (obsolete) A member of a college, a collegian; someone who has received a college education.
  2. (obsolete) A fellow-collegian; a colleague.
collegiality
  1. power and authority that is shared among peers, especially the sharing of collegiate power among Roman Catholic bishops.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The collegiality among the team members was evident as they worked together seamlessly to achieve their shared goals.”
      “But do we really need another in-house hassle over papal primacy versus episcopal collegiality?”
      “The civilities of my first years as Director, the collegiality among institutions, these are things of the past.”
collegian
  1. A student (or a former student) of a college
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Missy Buttry, a senior at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, became the first collegian to win a third consecutive national cross-country title.”
      “The cash-strapped collegian or the thrifty housewife would certainly understand this logic.”
      “Next the river Meuse approaches Andenne then Huy with its citadel and collegian church.”
colleger
  1. A member of a college (in any sense)
  2. Examples:
    1. “For several generations the headmaster, who was the subordinate officer of the provost, had been an Eton colleger and scholar of King's College, Cambridge.”
collegemate
  1. A person from the same college.
colledg
  1. Obsolete form of college.
colledge
  1. Obsolete form of college.
collegialities
collegemates
  1. plural of collegemate
collegiates
  1. plural of collegiate
collegians
  1. plural of collegian
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Drafting high school and international players has obvious risks, but even with one-year collegians, the draft can be a crapshoot.”
      “Every year pro ball bears less and less resemblance to the game collegians and kids play.”
      “For young collegians, it can serve as a reminder of the glory days of our national sport.”
colledges
  1. plural of colledge
collegers
  1. plural of colleger
colleges
  1. plural of college
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With only three weeks until the academic year begins, some teacher training colleges are less than half full.”
      “Advisory committees help colleges and universities stay in phase with industry needs.”
      “These two board members will be appointed annually no later than October 1 by the above-named colleges.”
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