Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - college
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College
college
~ n 1 »ADVANCED EDUCATION« a) especially BrE a school for advanced education, especially in a particular subject or skill (a teacher training college) (- see also sixth form college) b) AmE a school for advanced education where you can get a bachelor's degree (Which colleges have you applied to? | college campus/class/graduate etc) (Many firms will only hire college graduates. | go to college (=attend a college or university)) (- see also junior college, -compare university) 2 »PART OF UNIVERSITY« one of the groups of teachers and students that form a separate part of some universities, especially in Britain (Trinity College, Cambridge) 3 »BUILDINGS« the buildings used by any of these organizations 4 »STUDENTS AND TEACHERS« C also + plural v BrE) the students and teachers of one of these organizations (The whole college turned up to the memorial service.) 5 »ORGANIZATION« a group of people who have special rights and duties within a profession or organization (the Royal College of Nursing) (- see also electoral college) 6 »SCHOOL« BrE a word used in the name of some large schools, especially public schools
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(colleges) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A college is an institution where students study after they have left school. Their daughter Joanna is doing business studies at a local college... He is now a professor of economics at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts. N-VAR; N-IN-NAMES 2. A college is one of the institutions which some British universities are divided into. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. N-COUNT: oft in names after n 3. At some universities in the United States, colleges are divisions which offer degrees in particular subjects. ...a professor at the University of Florida College of Law. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 4. College is used in Britain in the names of some secondary schools which charge fees. In 1854, Cheltenham Ladies’ College became the first girls’ public school. N-IN-NAMES ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin collegium society, from collega colleague — more at colleague Date: 14th century 1. a body of clergy living together and supported by a foundation 2. a building used for an educational or religious purpose 3. a. a self-governing constituent body of a university offering living quarters and sometimes instruction but not granting degrees Balliol and Magdalen Colleges at Oxford — called also residential ~ b. a preparatory or high school c. an independent institution of higher learning offering a course of general studies leading to a bachelor's degree; also a university division offering this d. a part of a university offering a specialized group of courses e. an institution offering instruction usually in a professional, vocational, or technical field business ~ 4. company, group; specifically an organized body of persons engaged in a common pursuit or having common interests or duties 5. a. a group of persons considered by law to be a unit b. a body of electors — compare electoral ~ 6. the faculty, students, or administration of a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 an establishment for further or higher education, sometimes part of a university. 2 an establishment for specialized professional education (business college; college of music; naval college). 3 the buildings or premises of a college (lived in college). 4 the students and teachers in a college. 5 Brit. a public school. 6 an organized body of persons with shared functions and privileges (College of Physicians). Phrases and idioms College of Arms (in the UK) a corporation recording lineage and granting arms. college of education Brit. a training college for schoolteachers. college pudding Brit. a small baked or steamed suet pudding with dried fruit. Derivatives collegial adj. Etymology: ME f. OF college or L collegium f. collega (as COLLEAGUE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сущ. 1) корпорация; коллегия 2) амер. университет 3) специальное учебное заведение • - agricultural college - college education - electoral college COLLEGE сущ. 1) общ. корпорация; коллегия College of Physicians — корпорация врачей electoral college — коллегия выборщиков See: junior college, community college, college of further education, university college 2) обр. колледж (название специального учебного заведения, первоначально в Великобритании; сегодня употребляется во всем мире в разных значениях: школа, факультет, университет и т. п.) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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колледж 1) Самостоятельное учебное заведение с двухлетним junior college или четырехлетним senior college сроком обучения 2) Отделение, факультет университета ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. университетский колледж (в Великобритании) he is a college man —- он получил образование в колледже; он человек с университетским образованием college sports —- спортивная жизнь в высших учебных заведениях 2. университет (в США) 3. факультет университета (в США) 4. привилегированная самоуправляющаяся средняя школа с интернатом (независимая от правительства), колледж Eton college —- школа в Итоне, Итонский колледж 5. частная средняя школа 6. институт, специальное высшее учебное заведение (военное, морское, сельскохозяйственное) medical college —- медицинский колледж teachers' training college —- педагогический институт 7. колледж, средняя школа (во Франции) 8. училище barber's college —- училище парикмахеров 9. ам. уст. специальный курс лекций (для получения степени) 10. благотворительное (учебное) заведение, существующее на пожертвования 11. корпорация; коллегия C. of Surgeons —- корпорация хирургов electoral college —- коллегия выборщиков C. of Cardinals —- церк. коллегия кардиналов, конклав (для избрания папы) 12. сл. тюрьма 13. ист. община духовных лиц, живущая на пожертвования 14. уст. компания; группа a college of bees —- рой пчел ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) университетский колледж 2) amer. университет 3) специальное высшее учебное заведение (педагогическое, военное, морское и т.п.) 4) средняя школа с интернатом 5) корпорация; коллегия 6) jargon тюрьма ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1378, from O.Fr. college, from L. collegium "community, society, guild," lit. "association of collegae" (see colleague). First meaning any corporate group, the sense of "academic institution" became principal in 19c. through Oxford and Cambridge, where it had been used since c.1378. Collegiate is 1514, from M.L. collegiatus "of or having to do with a college." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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