junior college
22
3.2
- noun
- /ˈdʒuːniər ˈkɒlɪdʒ/
- US
:
colegio comunitario (EE. UU.)
- After high school, she decided to enroll in a junior college to pursue her education.
- public junior college
- local junior college
- junior college student
So she was going to Cypress Junior College to learn English.
- So she was going to Cypress Junior College to learn English.
- High school kid on his way to go to junior college, Mom working hard, terrified, absolutely terrified.
- I when I right before I paroled from prison, I reached out to my old high school football coach who was now the head coach for a junior college.
Examples
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I am taking two courses at my junior college this semester to earn my associate degree.
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I was gonna teach this course in creative writing at the junior college.
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So, you know, I I went to a junior college first where I played and I was pretty good.
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Hey, maybe you can play for the junior college.
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So he goes to a junior college.
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You see, I was captain of my junior college fencing team.
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High school and junior college students often divided themselves according to gender and year in school.
Academic text (2008) -
Upon high school graduation, Daniel entered the local junior college and lived at home to save money.
Academic text (1996) -
Alex graduated with honors from high school and entered the local junior college.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her name was Iwakiri Hideko, and she was attending a women's junior college in Nagasaki.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
79
3.0
A local public college that offers two-year courses for job skills or study before university
How Advanced
- US
52
3.6
870
1.0
∞
1.0
- US
22
3.2
8
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'junior' (lower-ranking or earlier) + 'college' (an educational institution), signalling a lower-level or early-stage college offering the first years of study. This is a common and cross-linguistically familiar modifier pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The noun junior college comes from the idea of a junior, meaning younger or earlier, and a college, a place to study. That image of a 'first-step' or 'smaller' college explains why a junior college today usually covers the first two years after high school and often gives a 'two-year' or 'associate' degree.