College

From Old French college, from Latin collegium.

Full definition of college

(plural colleges)

(obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons
(politics) An electoral college.
An academic institution. From 1560s.
An institution of higher education.
(US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
(attributively, chiefly US) Attendance at an institution of higher education.These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.
(Canada) A postsecondary institution that does not award bachelor's degrees, instead offering vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
(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
(US, New Zealand) A specialized division of a university.College of Engineering
(UK, in the names of private schools) A secondary school.Eton College
(UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level (in the UK, typically teaching those aged 16 to 19); sixth form.
(New Zealand) A high school or secondary school.
(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
(Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, which may be independent or have its own tutors but is not involved in teaching.