Noun

(en noun)

The act of associating.

The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

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(statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.

(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.

College''' of Cardinals'', '''''College of Surgeons

(politics) An electoral college.

An academic institution.

An institution of higher education.

(US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

(attributively, chiefly, US) Attendance at an institution of higher education.

These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.

(Canada) A postsecondary institution that does not award bachelor's degrees, instead offering vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

(chiefly, UK) A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.

Pembroke College''', Cambridge''; ''Balliol '''College''', Oxford''; ''University '''College , London

(US, New Zealand) A specialized division of a university.

College of Engineering

(UK, in the names of private schools) A secondary school.

Eton College

(UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level (in the UK, typically teaching those aged 16 to 19); sixth form.

(New Zealand) A high school or secondary school.

(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).

(Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, which may be independent or have its own tutors but is not involved in teaching.