college
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- noun
- /ˈkɑlɪdʒ/
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comunidad universitaria
- Still have not been able to locate the two college students.
- college students
- college faculty
- attend college
And then one of my best friends from college was the cheerleading.
- And then one of my best friends from college was the cheerleading.
Examples
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The professors and students collaborated on a project to improve the college's academic standing.
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You know, someday, Sarah, you're going to settle down, and you're going to marry a college professor.
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I was, you know, I was very focused on college and, and film.
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Tell that to the college kids you keep giving our shoes away to for free.
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My last game in college was in Arizona.
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What better opportunity to get God's message to a group of college kids?
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The act of students becoming members of college social systems is vital to student retention.
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They met someone in college, they fell in love.
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She went to a girls' college.
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Our group is made up of twelve college professors visiting Vietnam, ten for the first time.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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The group of people who teach and study at a place for higher learning
Compounds
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A local public college that offers two-year courses for job skills or study before university
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A group of people chosen to elect the United States president and vice president
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A college that teaches practical office skills for business, like typing and accounting
- Offensive
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A college that teaches farming and is often called low quality as an insult
A group of senior Catholic church leaders who elect and advise the pope
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Etymology
College comes from the Latin word collegium, meaning 'a group chosen to work together', and you can see the idea in the word colleague. That's why college can mean the people who belong to the school—the faculty and students who work and study together.