community college
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3.0
- noun
- /kəˈmjunɪti ˈkɑlɪdʒ/
- US
:
colegio comunitario (EE. UU.)
- Many students choose to attend a community college to earn their associate degrees before transferring to a four-year university.
- community college students
- attend community college
- community college programs
I was going to Community College studying to become an attorney.
- I was going to Community College studying to become an attorney.
- And I can totally, you know, accept going to a Community College not thinking anything of it.
- I've worked with hundreds, actually thousands of immigrants at Long Beach Community College and in other places as well.
- And on a case by case basis, they got some of those kids into their local Community College math programs.
- So I can remember there was a time where we were both out of high school and then we would gone to a Community College together.
- And finally, when I graduated from my just like small Community College, I was able to start backpacking, which was a big change.
- They they're going to teach that in marketing community colleges all over the nation.
- They're not attacking Community College of New Jersey or like, you know, they're not.
Examples
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For Career Education, we have guests from community colleges come and visit the students.
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I went to community college for a semester and a half.
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And I can totally, you know, accept going to a Community College not thinking anything of it.
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The all the facilities that are built for the Community College are shared by the community.
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-You could always go to the community college up the hill.
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OK, so my plan was to attend like a Community College and not a university.
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I'm here for an interview at the community college.
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For many students entering community colleges, the first stop on campus is an assessment center.
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They have classes at the community college.
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The article concludes with recommended actions that community colleges might take to overcome these challenges.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A school where students study for degrees and the buildings they use
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3.2
A college that offers the first two years of study after high school
How Advanced
- US
52
3.6
870
1.0
∞
1.0
- US
79
3.0
5
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally a 'college for the community' — a local institution serving local people — so a B1 learner who knows 'community' and 'college' can infer the core meaning. Specific institutional details (e.g. two-year, nonresidential, associate-degree/transfer function) are cultural/administrative and may not be deducible, but the basic referent is directly predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
The noun community college comes from the idea of a local community having its own small college that offers short, usually two-year courses and night classes for working people. So it means 'a local, often two-year college that teaches practical subjects and helps students move on to a university'.