COLLEGE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of college – Learner’s Dictionary

college
noun
uk
/ˈkɒlɪdʒ/
us

college noun (EDUCATION)

A2
a place where students are educated when they are between 16 and 18 years old, or after they have finished school:
a sixth-form college
a teacher-training college
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college noun (UNIVERSITY)

a place where students, between 18 and 22 years old, are educated and receive a bachelor's degree (= type of qualification)

college noun (PART OF UNIVERSITY)

a part of a university that has its own teachers and students:
Cambridge/Oxford colleges
a place that gives degrees (= type of qualification) in a particular subject:
Royal Agricultural College

(Definition of college from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of college

in Chinese (Traditional)
教育, 大學, 學院…
in Chinese (Simplified)
教育, 大学, 学院…
in Spanish
universidad, instituto de formación para personas que han completado la educación secundaria, colegio universitario…
in Portuguese
estabelecimento de ensino superior, universidade, faculdade [feminine]…
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महाविद्यालय…
kolej, üniversite, üniversitenin bağımsız bir bölümü…
établissement [masculine] d’enseignement supérieur, université [feminine], collège [masculine]…
大学(だいがく), 学部(がくぶ), 専門学校(せんもん がっこう)…
instelling voor hoger onderwijs…
இளங்கலை (=முதல்) படத்தைப் பெற நீங்கள் படிக்கக்கூடிய ஒரு பல்கலைக்கழகம், 16 வயதிற்குப் பின்னர் மனிதர்கள் கல்வி கற்கும் அல்லது அறிவு மற்றும்/அல்லது திறன்களைப் பெற்றுக்கொள்வதற்குப் பயிற்றுவிக்கும் சிறப்பான கல்விக்கான இடம்…
कॉलेज, महाविद्यालय…
વિશ્વવિદ્યાલય, મહાવિદ્યાલય…
højere læreanstalt, videregående uddannelsesinstitution, college…
college…
kolej…
das College…
college [neuter], universitetsavdeling [masculine], institutt [neuter]…
کالج (ایسا تعلیمی ادارہ جس میں انڈر گریجویٹ سطح کی تعلیم دی جاتی ہے), کالج (اسکول کی تعلیم مکمل کرنے کے بعد کا تعلیمی ادارہ)…
коледж…
колледж, старшие классы средней школы, университет…
కాలేజీ…
একটি ইউনিভার্সিটি যেখানে আপনি প্রথম স্নাতকার্থী স্তরে পড়াসশোনা করতে পারেন, জ্ঞান বা দক্ষতা অর্জনের জন্য ১৬ বছর বয়সের পরে মানুষ বিশেষ শিক্ষালাভের জন্যে যেখানে যায়…
vysoká škola…
perguruan tinggi…
วิทยาลัย…
trường cao đẳng…
studium, studia, uniwersytet…
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