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🦋 Collector's name 🎓 A college 🖼️ A collection 💬 Colloquial label
coll.

coll.

7.2
A short form used for a college name in addresses
  • noun
translation icon : colegio
  • Please send your application to the admissions office at King's coll..

Examples

  • He wrote his return address as Trinity coll. on the envelope.

  • The invitation from St. John's coll. arrived in the mail yesterday.

  • I studied at Coll. of Arts and Sciences.

  • The address is 123 Main St, Coll. of Engineering.

  • The invitation from St. John's coll. arrived in the mail yesterday.

  • Please send your application to the admissions office at King's coll..

  • He wrote his return address as Trinity coll. on the envelope.

Synonyms

lege
vscoll.
  • UK
1 9.9

A casual word students use for college or university

is used mainly in names and addresses in formal written contexts

Surface Forms

coll. singular
coll. singular

Etymology

Coll. can be a short form of college, from the Latin collegium meaning a 'group' of people who live or study together. So coll. in an address shows the name of a 'college'.