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{
"term": "college",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "(in the UK) a place where students go to study or to receive training after they have left school",
"sensetop": "at college",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a secretarial college"
},
{
"text": "the Royal College of Art"
},
{
"text": "a **college course/student**"
},
{
"text": "She wanted to **go to college** to become a nurse."
},
{
"text": "He's at college.",
"contextForm": "at college"
},
{
"text": "Not all the lecturers are in college at any one time."
},
{
"text": "She's at college in Swindon."
},
{
"text": "The college runs a course for would-be arts administrators."
},
{
"text": "a college of education"
},
{
"text": "When I left school I went to secretarial college."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["community", "local", "private"],
"verb + college": ["attend", "go to", "enter"],
"college + verb": [
"offer something",
"run something",
"attract somebody"
],
"college + noun": ["administrator", "faculty", "lecturer"],
"preposition": ["at college", "in college", "to college"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "(in the US) a university where students can study for a degree after they have left school",
"sensetop": "in collegeat collegeout of college",
"labels": "(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(both British English, informal)(both especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English, informal)(both British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English, informal)(especially North American English, informal)(British English)(British English)(British English)(both North American English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was the first in her family to **attend college**."
},
{
"text": "He's hoping to **go to college** next year."
},
{
"text": "I **graduated from college** with an English degree."
},
{
"text": "She's now in her first year of college."
},
{
"text": "Carleton College"
},
{
"text": "a four-year/liberal arts/private college"
},
{
"text": "He got interested in politics when he was in college.",
"contextForm": "in college"
},
{
"text": "She's away at college in California.",
"contextForm": "at college"
},
{
"text": "Their eldest son is just out of college.",
"contextForm": "out of college"
},
{
"text": "a **college campus/degree/education**"
},
{
"text": "a **college student/graduate/professor**"
},
{
"text": "**college football/basketball**"
},
{
"text": "The college graduated 50 students last year."
},
{
"text": "college graduation exercises"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["community", "local", "private"],
"verb + college": ["attend", "go to", "enter"],
"college + verb": [
"offer something",
"run something",
"attract somebody"
],
"college + noun": ["administrator", "faculty", "lecturer"],
"preposition": ["at college", "in college", "to college"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a place where you can study for higher or more specialist qualifications after you finish high school",
"labels": "(Canadian English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English",
"cefr": "a1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Education"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["community", "local", "private"],
"verb + college": ["attend", "go to", "enter"],
"college + verb": [
"offer something",
"run something",
"attract somebody"
],
"college + noun": ["administrator", "faculty", "lecturer"],
"preposition": ["at college", "in college", "to college"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "one of the separate institutions that some British universities, such as Oxford and Cambridge, are divided into",
"cefr": "a1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "King’s College, Cambridge"
},
{
"text": "a tour of Oxford colleges"
},
{
"text": "Most students live in college."
}
],
"topics": ["Education"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "(in the US) one of the main divisions of some large universities",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The history department is part of the College of Arts and Sciences."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "the teachers and/or students of a college",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The whole college was/were shocked to hear the news."
}
],
"topics": ["Education"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a secondary school, especially one where you must pay",
"cefr": "a1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Eton College"
}
],
"topics": ["Education"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "an organized group of professional people with special interests, duties or powers",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Royal College of Physicians"
},
{
"text": "the American College of Cardiology"
},
{
"text": "The College of Cardinals will choose the next Pope."
},
{
"text": "New guidelines have been released by the Royal College of Surgeons."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɒlɪdʒ/",
"audio": "co/college/college__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːlɪdʒ/",
"audio": "co/college/college__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin collegium ‘partnership’, from collega ‘partner in office’, from col- ‘together with’ + legare ‘depute’."
}