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COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does community college mean?
• COMMUNITY COLLEGE (noun)
The noun COMMUNITY COLLEGE has 1 sense:
1. a nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community
Familiarity information: COMMUNITY COLLEGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("community college" is a kind of...):
junior college (a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree)
Context examples
Nurse educators work in various settings, including colleges/universities, community colleges, hospitals, nursing homes, private practice, etc.
(Nurse Educator, NCI Thesaurus)
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