college.html - {n.} A set of examinations given to test a student's readiness and ability for college. * /John got a high score on his College Boards./ * /College Boards test both what a student has learned and his ability to learn./

college.html - n.
1 an establishment for further or higher education, sometimes part of a university.
2 an establishment for specialized professional education (business college; college of music; naval college).
3 the buildings or premises of a college (lived in college).
4 the students and teachers in a college.
5 Brit. a public school.
6 an organized body of persons with shared functions and privileges (College of Physicians).

College of Arms (in the UK) a corporation recording lineage and granting arms. college of education Brit. a training college for schoolteachers. college pudding Brit. a small baked or steamed suet pudding with dried fruit.

collegial adj. [ME f. OF college or L collegium f. collega (as COLLEAGUE)]

college.html - n.
a member of a college. [med.L collegianus (as COLLEGE)]

college.html - adj.
constituted as or belonging to a college; corporate.

collegiate church 1 a church endowed for a chapter of canons but without a bishop's see.
2 US & Sc. a church or group of churches established under a joint pastorate.

collegiately adv. [LL collegiatus (as COLLEGE)]

college.html - {n.} A large government-run farm made by combining many small farms. * /The Russian farmers used to live on collective farms./

college.html - {n.} Something rare or valuable enough to collect or save. * /Jimmy's mother found an old wooden doll in the attic that turned out to be a collector's item./