colleges
UK/ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒɪz//ˈkɑlɪd͡ʒɪz/
colleges is the plural of college.
Meaning of college
Noun
college (plural colleges)
- A specialized division of a university.
- College of Engineering
- Synonyms:
- department
- An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
- She's still in college
- A university.
- A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
- A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
- Pembroke College, Cambridge
- An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
Phrases with colleges
- cow colleges
- arts colleges
- staff colleges
- junior colleges
- middle colleges
- senior colleges
- tertiary colleges
- classical colleges
- community colleges
- electoral colleges
- technical colleges
- sixth form colleges
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Questions about colleges
- What is colleges the plural of?
- Colleges is the plural of college.
- How do you pronounce colleges?
- Colleges is pronounced /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒɪz/ (UK).
Words near colleges in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: colleges (page history and authors); college (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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