college

noun

ˈkä-lij How to pronounce college (audio)
Definition of collegenext
as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest a college of craftsmen dedicated to preserving the traditional crafts of Appalachia

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Recent Examples of college Week 7 of the 2026 college football season will go down as one of the most chaotic ever, with five Top 10 teams suffering losses, and the newest AP Top 25 Poll reflects the craziness that unfolded. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Dramatic — and sometimes controversial — endings were the story of a wild college football Saturday, with late-game calls deciding some outcomes and potentially having an effect on how the College Football Playoff shapes up a couple months from now. — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 The wildest and wackiest week of the college football season so far saw five of the top seven teams lose — a first in the AP poll's 90-year history. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 The Huskies have tried over the years to get into the bright lights of college football, not LSU/Georgia/Notre Dame bright lights, but bright enough to bring fans out in full force. — Eric Womack, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for college
Recent Examples of Synonyms for college
  1. organization
  2. institution
  3. institute
  4. fraternity
  5. society
  6. association
  7. chamber
  8. brotherhood
Noun
  • One of the largest donors to a pop-up super PAC supporting Muslim or pro-Palestinian candidates is the president of an Islamic organization that collects obligatory religious donations mandated by Sharia law.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association were both among the groups targeted, officials with the organizations said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of organization
Noun
  • When the Fondation Cartier exhibition ends, the factory will be returned to Ghana for permanent installation in Kumasi, where Mahama plans to build a new institution.
    — Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Research expenditure at higher education institutions rose 11%, to approximately $48 billion.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of institution
Noun
  • Iran appears to be targeting vessels conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers around the Strait of Hormuz, according to a military institute.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The mysterious death of a lab worker at a plague research institute in Siberia drew global attention to a region where disease risks run as deep as the permafrost.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of institute
Noun
  • Others believe that the school’s ban on fraternity events is more of a response to external pressure than a push for long-lasting cultural change on campus.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • These groups sure sound less like software support forums and more like a fraternity house for corporate landlords.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fraternity
Noun
  • Such acts undermine Israel's security, its regional and international standing, and the moral fabric of our society.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • By the 1980s, England was beginning its turn away from churchgoing as a cornerstone of society, so nothing as extroverted or nakedly clerical as gospel choirs would fit a downcast, monochromatic land anyhow.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of society
Noun
  • The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance helps fill that gap, uniting national associations to lobby policymakers and guide young composers through contracts and negotiations.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Once a staple among cowboys and railroad workers, the Lee 101 became a symbol of youth rebellion in the 1950s, when James Dean popularized the jeans and helped solidify their association with biker culture.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of association
Noun
  • If Sherrod Brown wins his Senate race, Ohio’s delegation will be the most awkward in the chamber next Congress.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Tiny droplets of the molten tin are fired out of a cannon into a vacuum chamber, where they are shot—sixty thousand times a second—by unerring lasers.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of chamber
Noun
  • Bryant credits much of that success to the brotherhood his players have built off the field.
    — Johnny Resendiz, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Their evolving brotherhood was tested unexpectedly in 2010, when guitarist SHOW-HATE collapsed from a stroke immediately after a SiM concert in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of brotherhood

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