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College vs Precollege - What's the difference?

college | precollege |

As a noun college

is a corporate group; a group of colleagues.

As an adjective precollege is

occurring before, or in preparation for, college.

college

English

(wikipedia college)

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.

    • Synonyms

    * (institution of higher education) university * (specialized division of a university) department, faculty, school

    Derived terms

    * community college * electoral college * junior college * old college try

    Related terms

    * collegiate * collegium

    See also

    * university ----

    precollege

    English

    Alternative forms

    *pre-college

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring before, or in preparation for, college
    • precollege testing

    Related terms

    *postcollege