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# college

noun (a college, colleges; college, uncountable)

«college» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A place of education after school, where people study for qualifications or a trade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#m1)
2. (US) University; going to college means studying for a degree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#m2)
3. (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A school for students after age 16, or the name of some secondary schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#m3)
4. One of the parts that make up some universities, such as Oxford or Cambridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#m4)
5. An organised group of professional people (the College of Surgeons). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: going to college, college fees, a college degree. Meanings differ by country: US college = university; UK college often = further education after 16. In maths problems: college costs, numbers of students.

### Examples

- My sister is at college studying art. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#x1)
- He wants to go to college to become a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#x2)
- The college has 3000 students. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#x3)
- She applied to three colleges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#x4)
- In the UK, many teenagers go to college after their exams at sixteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#x5)
- The college library is open late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#x6)
- The merchant was a learned man, for his father had sent him to college, and he had passed his examination. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/#x7)

### Note

Without «the» for study in general: go to college, be at college. Different meanings in the US and UK — check the setting. Not the same as «collage» (a picture made from pieces).

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life: going to college, college fees, a college degree. Meanings differ by country: US college = university; UK college often = further education after 16. In maths problems: college costs, numbers of students.

### Examples

- Published by the Dropsie College Philadelphia Pa. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/college/#x1)

### Note

Without «the» for study in general: go to college, be at college. Different meanings in the US and UK — check the setting. Not the same as «collage» (a picture made from pieces).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «college» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/college/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«college» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/college.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «college» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/college/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«college» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/college.html) on Mova free.