college

college
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. school, academy, university, seminary, institute; junior college; finishing or preparatory school; association, guild. See party.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. institute, professional school, university, community college, liberal arts college, teachers college, junior college, four-year college, state college, privately endowed college, denominational college, alma mater, seminary, conservatory, polytechnic, lyceum, hall; see also school 1 , university .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
university, school, academy, institution, institute of higher learning, seminary, alma mater, *halls of ivy, vocational school, polytechnic, graduate school, campus. ''[Where one]
may learn the 'principles' of salesmanship from a Ph.D. who has never sold anything, or the principles' of marketing from a Ph.D. who has never marketed anything.''—Abraham Flexner. ''A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.''—Robert Ingersoll.
WORD FIND
• advanced degree: postgraduate degree, master's, doctorate
• advanced studies after graduation: postgraduate work
• agricultural college: cow college
• brotherhood: fraternity
• charge for instruction: tuition
• course: major, minor, elective
• dining hall: refectory
• exams: midterms, finals
• general knowledge studies: liberal arts
• girl: coed
• graduate: alumnus
• graduates: alumni
• graduate ‘‘with great praise’’ or honors: magna cum laude
• graduate ‘‘with highest praise’’ or highest honors: summa cum laude
• graduation ceremony: commencement
• grounds: campus, quad, quadrangle
• half year: semester
• housing: dorm, dormitory
• leave of absence, professor’s: sabbatical
• official: dean, regent, provost, registrar
• permanence of position granted to professor: tenure
• president: chancellor, prexy
• relating to: collegiate
• sisterhood: sorority
• student: freshman, *frosh; sophomore; junior; senior
• teacher: professor
• treasurer: bursar

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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(of persons engaged in common pursuits), , , , , / (of the highest class) /


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