college

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the body of faculty and students of a college
noun an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
noun a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed

From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium.

We suspect all college graduates. — By Advice of Counsel, Arthur Cheney Train
'They are both in college now. — John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein, Frank R. Stockton
Some of 'em college hicks, I expect?" — Torchy and Vee, Sewell Ford

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