Plural of college
regular plural
The plural of college is colleges.
Forms of college
| Singular | college /ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | colleges /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Colleges in a sentence
- The Salii were not limited to Rome; similar colleges of dancing priests are known to have existed in many towns of ancient Italy.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 232
- Many US colleges want to achieve superiority in the sport of football.From the entry superiority
- Most of the colleges she applied to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into.From the entry apply
- Tuition is free; the kicker is that mandatory room and board costs twice as much as at other colleges.From the entry kicker
- Schools and colleges will have to take on board the views of young people and parents in their area.From the entry take on board
Meaning of college
- noun A specialized division of a university.
- noun An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
- noun A university.
Questions about the plural of college
- What is the plural of college?
- The plural of college is colleges.
- Is college countable?
- College is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: college (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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