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community college

community college noun: an educational institution providing college education granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees, but not higher level degrees; junior college.

Noun

community college (plural community colleges)

  1. (US) An educational institution providing college education granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees, but not higher level degrees; junior college.
  2. (UK) A secondary school, usually offering extended services of some sort.

community college meaning in Bengali and Indonesian

community college in Bengali

জুনিয়র কলেজ, একটি মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়

community college in Indonesian

educational institution
akademi komunitas

Forms of community college

pluralcommunity colleges

Origin of community college

The name derives from the fact that community colleges primarily attract and accept students from the local community, and are often supported by the local community through property taxes.

Questions about community college

What does community college mean?
Community college means an educational institution providing college education granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees, but not higher level degrees; junior college.
What is community college in Bengali?
Community college in Bengali is জুনিয়র কলেজ, একটি মাধ্যমিক বিদ্যালয়. See Community college meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is community college?
Community college is a noun.
What is the plural of community college?
The plural of community college is community colleges.

Words near community college in the dictionary

  1. community centers
  2. community centre
  3. community centres
  4. community chest
  5. community chests
  6. community college
  7. community colleges
  8. community council
  9. community development
  10. community garden
  11. community gardens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: community college (page history and authors); community college (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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