College

Noun

 * 1) An institution of [further education] at an intermediate level (in the UK, typically teaching those aged 16 to 19); sixth form.
 * 2) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
 * 3)  A secondary school (Eton College).
 * 4)  A residential hall of a university, which may be independent or have its own tutors but is not involved in teaching.
 * 5) (Loosely) Any institution of higher education.
 * 6) 🇺🇸 An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates and/or graduates.  Nearly synonymous with university, with less emphasis on research and may, or may not, have graduate or doctoral programs.

Adjectives for College
aggressive; liberal; commercial; general; aspiring; rival; venerable; electoral; denominational; junior; endowed.

Verbs for College
administer—; attach to—; bar from—; charter—; enroll at—; establish—; father ——; found—; incorporate—; invest—with; pursue in—; register at—; reopen—; respect—; restrict—; staff—; suspend from—; —accommodates;  —conducts ;  —confers; —expels; —honors; —instructs; —lodges; —offers; —prepares.

Derived terms

 * community college
 * electoral college


 * junior college
 * old college try

Related terms
collegiate

Thesaurus
academe, academia, alliance, alma mater, assemblage, association, axis, band, bloc, body, caboose, can, chokey, coalition, college of engineering, combination, combine, common market, community college, confederacy, confederation, consumer cooperative, cooperative, cooperative society, corps, council, credit union, customs union, degree-granting institution, economic community, federation, four-year college, free trade area, gang, graduate school, group, grouping, hoosegow, institute of technology, ivied halls, journalism school, jug, junior college, law school, league, lockup, machine, medical school, mob, multiversity, normal, normal school, partnership, political machine, postgraduate school, prison, ring, rock pile, school of communications, school of education, society, stir, two-year college, union, university, university college, varsity

Etymology
From college:, from  collegium:.

Translations

 * Arabic: (kullíyya), كلية
 * Bengali: মহাবিদ্যালয়
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 學院, 学院
 * Finnish:
 * German: Berufsfachschule, Berufskolleg
 * Greek: κολέγιο (kolégio)
 * Hindi: कॉलेज, कालेज


 * Japanese: 学園
 * Lithuanian: koledžas
 * Macedonian: училиште,
 * Persian:
 * Romanian: colegiu, şcoală secundară
 * Russian:, , колледж
 * Slovak:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 大學, 大学
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Berufskolleg, Fachschule
 * Japanese: 大学


 * Lithuanian: koledžas
 * Persian: (amuzeshgah)
 * Romanian: colegiu
 * Russian: ПТУ, колледж


 * Chinese: (sīlì gāozhōng)
 * Croatian: učilište
 * Greek: (scholí)
 * Lithuanian: koledžas


 * Macedonian: училиште
 * Persian: (amuzeshgah)
 * Russian: техникум (téxnikum), училище (učílišče)
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic: معهد
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 學院, 学院
 * Croatian: institut
 * Finnish: yliopiston osa
 * Greek: (scholí)
 * Hebrew:


 * Japanese: 学寮
 * Lithuanian: koledžas
 * Macedonian:
 * Persian: (daneshkadeh)
 * Romanian: facultate, institut
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 校舍
 * Finnish: ,


 * Japanese: 寮
 * Persian: (daneshkadeh)
 * Russian: общежитие


 * Arabic: معهد
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 大學, 大学
 * Croatian: visoka škola
 * German:
 * Greek: κολέγιο (kolégio)
 * Hebrew:


 * Japanese: 大学
 * Lithuanian: koledžas
 * Macedonian: виша школа
 * Persian: (daneshkadeh)
 * Portuguese: IES, instituição de ensino superior
 * Russian:, , высшая школа


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 大學, 大学
 * Croatian: viša škola
 * Finnish: yliopiston osa
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 大学, 単科大学


 * Lithuanian: koledžas
 * Macedonian: виша школа
 * Persian: (daneshkadeh)
 * Romanian: facultate
 * Russian:, , высшая школа


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 專科學校, 专科学校
 * Croatian: fakultet
 * Dutch: faculteit
 * Japanese: 学部


 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: facultad