| college | |
| 1. n. (obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues. | |
| 2. n. (in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals. | |
| College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons | |
| 3. n. (politics) An electoral college. | |
| 4. n. An academic institution. | |
| 5. n. A specialized division of a university. | |
| College of Engineering | |
| 6. n. (chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates. | |
| 7. n. (attributively, chiefly US) Attendance at an institution of higher education. | |
| These should be his college years, but he joined the Army. | |
| 8. n. (Canada, Israel) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees. | |
| 9. n. (chiefly UK) A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc. | |
| Pembroke College, Cambridge; Balliol College, Oxford; University College, London | |
| 10. n. (UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form. | |
| 11. n. (UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age). | |
| 12. n. (Australia) A high school or secondary school. | |
| Eton College | |
| 13. n. (Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school. | |
| 14. n. (Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors. | |
| 15. n. (in Chile) A bilingual school. | |
