COLLEGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does college mean? 

• COLLEGE (noun)
  The noun COLLEGE has 3 senses:

1. the body of faculty and students of a college

2. an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

3. a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed

  Familiarity information: COLLEGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLEGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The body of faculty and students of a college

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("college" is a kind of...):

body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)

Holonyms ("college" is a part of...):

academe; academia (the academic world)

Holonyms ("college" is a member of...):

college (an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university)

Derivation:

collegial (of or resembling or typical of a college or college students)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("college" is a kind of...):

educational institution (an institution dedicated to education)

Meronyms (members of "college"):

college (the body of faculty and students of a college)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "college"):

business college (a school for teaching the clerical aspects of business and commerce)

junior college (a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree)

training college (a school providing training for a special field or profession)

Holonyms ("college" is a member of...):

university (a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees)

Derivation:

collegial (of or resembling or typical of a college or college students)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("college" is a kind of...):

building complex; complex (a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures)

Instance hyponyms:

Dartmouth; Dartmouth College (a college in New Hampshire)

Derivation:

collegial (of or resembling or typical of a college or college students)

 Context examples 

He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

College life involves excitement, along with new challenges, risks, and responsibilities.

(College Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

So, for example, if you want to buy a house, you would need a mortgage from the bank, and if you plan to go to college, you would likely need financial aid.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I am compelled, to begin with, to say something of my own college career.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Some, like doctors, must have more than 4 years of college.

(Health Occupations, Bureau of Labor Statistics)

When once the law is evoked it cannot be stayed again, and this is just one of those cases where, for the credit of the college, it is most essential to avoid scandal.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies.

(Associate Degree, NCI Thesaurus)

College, University or institute with scholastic life or environment.

(Academia, NCI Thesaurus)

Of the 202 total deceased former players studied for the report, which included high school, college and professional players, 177 were diagnosed with CTE.

(Study: Brain Disease Found in Nearly All Deceased US Football Players, VOA News)

Indicates that a person has received a degree from a 2 year college program.

(Associate Academic Degree Completion, NCI Thesaurus)