Topic: COLLEGE
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AA
academia
academic(a)
academic(n)
academy
alum
alumna
alumni
alumnus
assistant professor
Associate of Arts
associate professor
audit
BA
bachelor's degree
Big Man on Campus
blue book
brother
BSc
bursar
bursary
campus
Cantab
chair
chancellery
chancellor
class
coed
college
commencement
community college
conservatoire
conservatory
convocation
course
credit
cum laude
dean
dean's list
diploma
dissertation
doctor
doctoral
doctorate
Doctor of Philosophy
don
dorm
dormitory
double first
down
elective
examiner
extension
extramural
faculty
financial aid
first class
grad
grad school
graduate(n)
graduate(v)
graduate(a)
graduate school
graduation
GRE
Greek
hall
hall of residence
haze
higher education
homecoming
honor roll
honours degree
intercollegiate
intramural
joint honours
junior college
lectureship
LLB
LLD
LLM
MA
magna cum laude
major
Master of Arts
Master of Science
master's
master's degree
matriculate
mature student
MBA
MEd
medic
medical school
MFA
midterm
Military Academy
minor
MLitt
mortarboard
MPhil
M.Sc.
option
oral
Oxbridge
PhD
Phi Beta Kappa
pledge(n)
pledge(v)
poly
polytechnic
post doctoral
post-grad
postgraduate(n)
postgraduate(a)
practical
prof
professor
professorial
professorship
Provost
qualified
quarter
rag
read
readership
redbrick
rush(v)
rush(n)
sandwich course
school
semester
seminar
seminary
senate
senior
single honours
sophomore
sorority
spring break
state university
student union
subject
summa cum laude
summer school
survey course
syllabus
tech
technical college
tenure
termly
tertiary education
theological college
thesis
third
third class
tutor
tutorial(n)
tutorial(a)
two-two
U.
undergraduate
uni
university
upperclassman
upperclasswoman
vac
vacation
varsity
vice-chancellor
visiting professor
| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Latin collegium 'society', from collega; COLLEAGUE |
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col‧lege S1 W2

1 a school for advanced education, especially in a particular profession or skill :
a teacher training college
the London College of Fashion ➔ sixth form college
specialized education
[uncountable and countable]
a teacher training college
the London College of Fashion2 a large school where you can study after high school and get a degree [= university British English] ➔ community college, junior college
us university
[uncountable and countable] American English3 one of the groups of teachers and students that form a separate part of some universities, especially in Britain :
Trinity College, Cambridge
part of a university
[countable]
Trinity College, Cambridge4 the students and teachers of one of these organizations
students and teachers
[C also + plural verb British English]5 a group of people who have special rights, duties, or powers within a profession or organization :
the American College of Surgeons
professional organization
[countable]
the American College of Surgeons6 a word used in the name of some large schools, especially public schools