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college

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Synonyms: collegue, collage, colledge, collene

Antonyms: collegue, collage, colledge, collene

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q189004}}{{lb|en|schools}} An academic institution. {{defdate|From 1560s.}}
  2. {{lb|en|now|chiefly|in some proper nouns}} A group of people sharing common purposes or goals, especially [[ecclesiastic#Noun|ecclesiastic]]s or [[professional#Noun|professional]]s; a [[corporate#English:_unified into one entity (collective)|corporate]] group; a group of [[colleague]]s.
  3. {{lb|en|politics}} An [[electoral college]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|intransitive|rare}} To attend a college.

Proper noun

  1. {{place|en|CDP|bor/Fairbanks North Star Borough|s/Alaska|c/USA}}.
  2. {{place|en|twp|co/Knox County|s/Ohio|c/USA}}, named for {{w|Kenyon College}}.
  3. {{place|en|twp|co/Centre County|s/Pennsylvania|c/USA}}; it borders onto the municipality of {{l|en|State College}}, Pennsylvania.

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