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 No college football game offers a better combination of stunning visuals, top-notch presentation, customization and gameplay. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 6 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
  • The organization warned that as search-and-rescue teams begin to scale back operations, humanitarian needs—particularly food, medical care and protection services—could intensify rather than diminish.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the world’s largest professional MMA organization.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 3 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
  • 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
  • While fraternities and sororities often have their own chapter gatherings and organizational conferences, the picnic creates a space where members from different organizations can come together in a more informal setting.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
Definition of fraternity
Noun
  • Steinbeck creates a microcosm of American society, where disability, gender, race and class are all represented and shaped by an economic hierarchy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • The comments sorted themselves into camps, each revealing something interesting about how our society has come to think about motherhood, sacrifice and raising children.
    — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of society
Noun
  • The average American consumes about 20 pounds — almost 4 gallons — of ice cream each year, the association also reported.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • However, if future disappointment is to be avoided, something will need to change not just at the national level but also within Asian soccer’s governing association.
    — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 2 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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