📖 Definitions of "Colleges"
noun
- 1
A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
- 2
(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
"College of Cardinals, College of Surgeons"
- 3
An electoral college.
- 4
An academic institution.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Colleges"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| academicnoun | A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. |
| academicsnoun | Academia. |
| academiesnoun | An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. |
| academynoun | An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. |
| associationsnoun | (countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something. |
| auccnoun | — |
| authoritynoun | (uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right. |
| benchesnoun | A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools. |
| boardsnoun | (informal, with "the") A stage (as in a theater). |
| campusesnoun | The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures. |
| centersnoun | The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference. |
| centresnoun | Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center. |
| chambersnoun | (by extension, law) Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court. |
| colleaguesnoun | A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate. |
| collegial | Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues. |
| collegiatenoun | (Canada) A high school. |
| collègenoun | — |
| constituenciesnoun | (politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials. |
| establishmentsnoun | That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence. |
| facilitiesnoun | (euphemistic) Facilities for urination and defecation: a toilet; a lavatory. |
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