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Definition of College
College

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.

A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.

Fig.: A community.

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College Quotations

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?
James E. Jones

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas.
James E. Jones

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college.
James E. Jones

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
Theodore Roosevelt

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
Maya Angelou

College Translations

college in Afrikaans is kollege
college in Dutch is college
college in French is college
college in German is Internat
college in Hungarian is egyetem
college in Italian is collegio, collegio
college in Portuguese is faculdade


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