college

Meaning

  1. An academic institution.
  2. (US) An academic institution.
  3. (Ireland, Philippines) An academic institution.
  4. (Canada) An academic institution.
  5. (UK) An academic institution.
  6. (UK) An academic institution.
  7. (UK) An academic institution.
  8. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK) An academic institution.
  9. (Australia) An academic institution.
  10. (Australia) An academic institution.
  11. (Singapore) An academic institution.
  12. An academic institution.
  13. A group sharing common purposes or goals.
  14. An electoral college.
  15. (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

Synonyms

university
B1
school
A1
🏫
academy
B2
institute
C1
board
A2
institution
C1
collegium
lyceum
seminary
C2
body
A1
campus
C1
fellowship
C2
grammar school
group
A2
guild
C2
hall
B1
house
A1
🏠
junior college
litchi
lychee

public building

staff
B1

government office

society
B1
Lyceum

institute of higher education

place of learning

association
B2
club
A2
company
A1
corps
C1
corpus
C2
council
B1
courtyard
C1
department
B1
etc.
48k
faculty
C1
Translations

université
collège
Hochschule
universidad
collegio
universiteit

università

académie
universidade
colegio
🏫
Universität
universitat
faculdade
academie
Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin lēx Latin -ō Latin lēgō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin collēga Proto-Indo-European *-yós Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin collēgiumbor. Old French college Middle French collegebor. Middle English college English college From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium.

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