college

noun

ˈkä-lij How to pronounce college (audio)
Definition of collegenext
as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest a college of craftsmen dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of Appalachia

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Recent Examples of college Flemings, like Peterson a one-and-done player in college, had 14 points on chilly 4-of-16 shooting. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026 Since Craig Breslow took over as chief baseball officer the club has instead emphasized college pitchers, particularly big-bodied flamethrowers out of the SEC. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026 Jackson was an Indiana kid who moved to San Diego after college around 2001, armed with a degree in social and behavioral sciences (and a minor in anthropology). — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2026 But there are hidden masses among us who need only catch a glimpse of its college-Photoshop cover art—a Statue of Liberty with her dress hiked up, dancing like the recession had just been declared over—to feel an instant shiver of pathos and pain. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for college
Recent Examples of Synonyms for college
  1. organization
  2. institution
  3. institute
  4. fraternity
  5. society
  6. association
  7. chamber
  8. brotherhood
Noun
  • Giselle Garcia, program director for NorCal Resist, said the arrest data largely tracks with the organization’s own informal counts though emphasized much enforcement goes unaccounted for if families aren’t willing to speak up.
    — Mathew Miranda July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • Success there could help pave the way for wider adoption across military maintenance organizations and other defense sustainment operations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of organization
Noun
  • Casa Bonita has been a Denver institution for more than 50 years.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • The surge also did considerable damage to the buildings within the surge zone, 85% of which were residential buildings, according to New York University's Furman Center, an empirical research institution.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of institution
Noun
  • The institute found that if current enrollment and completion rates continue, most California 9th graders will not earn a bachelor’s degree.
    — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
  • More than 20 sites across Kyiv were hit, including residential apartment blocks, a hotel, a research institute and an ambulance station.
    — Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 2 July 2026
Definition of institute
Noun
  • Mostellar, Hensley and their two fraternity brothers took a trip to the hunting camp, according to CBS affiliate WKRG.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • The warning is the second issued by UCSB police since May, when an 18-year-old freshman reported she was raped and strangled after meeting a man at a Sigma Pi fraternity party before returning to her dorm at Tropicana Gardens in Isla Vista.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of fraternity
Noun
  • What begins as a history play transforms into a sharp-eyed satire about the cost of assimilation in a society where money, power and white privilege remain stubbornly intertwined.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • This transition caused society to contend with both the benefits and dangers of our new technology.
    — Will Marshall, Time, 7 July 2026
Definition of society
Noun
  • As a longtime resident near the property, Van Sistine serves as Board Chair of the neighborhood association Ballpark Collective RNO and played a key role in establishing the Ballpark General Improvement District.
    — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 9 July 2026
  • Homeowners agreed to pool those funds through their homeowners association so the road could be rebuilt.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
Definition of association
Noun
  • There's no realistic way that a constitutional amendment that controversial — which requires two-thirds approval from both chambers and three-fourths of the states to ratify — could pass in this Congress.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Lilting piano follows her through the darkness of the castle’s chambers.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of chamber
Noun
  • Another one of their friends, also gone, recruited a lifetime ago by Iran Air into a brotherhood that lasted the rest of their lives.
    — Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
  • The cap’s crown is decorated with three clasping hands symbolizing unity and brotherhood.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of brotherhood

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