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COLLEGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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 3
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)
Context examples:
An award conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary education institution as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of studies.
(Academic Degree, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication of the years of schooling completed in graded public, private, or parochial schools, and in colleges, universities, or professional schools.
(Education Level, NCI Thesaurus)
"How silly!" said Jo. "Let him be a musician if he wants to, and not plague his life out sending him to college, when he hates to go."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
We returned to our college on a Sunday afternoon: the peasants were dancing, and every one we met appeared gay and happy.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Parents of adolescents and students living in college dorms should talk to a doctor about the vaccination.
(Meningitis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
His blood might pay off a mortgage or send a son to college.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“You'll take a high degree at college, Steerforth,” said I, “if you have not done so already; and they will have good reason to be proud of you.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When I left college, I was sent out to Jamaica, to espouse a bride already courted for me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Nurse educators work in various settings, including colleges/universities, community colleges, hospitals, nursing homes, private practice, etc.
(Nurse Educator, NCI Thesaurus)
“Art from Oxenford or from Cambridge? Hast thou a letter from the chancellor of thy college giving thee a permit to beg? Let me see thy letter.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
