college

noun

• 1an educational institution or establishment, in particular.
• one providing higher education or specialized professional or vocational training:my brother wanted to go to college I’m at college studying graphic design
• (within a university) a school offering a general liberal arts curriculum leading only to a bachelor’s degree.
• (in Britain) any of a number of independent institutions within certain universities, each having its own teaching staff, students, and buildings.
• British a private secondary school: [in names]:Eton College
• the teaching staff and students of a college considered collectively:the college was shocked by his death

• 2an organized group of professional people with particular aims, duties, and privileges: [in names]:the electoral college