college

college
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ community, local
▪ private, public (AmE), state (esp. AmE)
▪ Christian, Ivy League, junior, liberal arts (all AmE)
▪ City Technology College (abbreviated to CTC), further education (abbreviated to FE college), sixth-form, tertiary, tutorial (all BrE)
▪ university (esp. BrE)
▪ military, police, secretarial, teachers (AmE), teacher-training (BrE), technical, training (esp. BrE)
▪ agricultural, art, music, sports, veterinary
▪ Bible (AmE), theological (esp. BrE)
VERB + COLLEGE
▪ attend, go to
▪ enter, start
▪ forgo (AmE), skip
▪ drop out of, flunk out of (AmE), quit (AmE)
▪ finish, graduate (AmE), graduate from, leave
▪

After graduating (from) college, I landed a job in marketing.

COLLEGE + VERB
▪ offer sth, run sth
▪

The college runs a course for would-be arts administrators.

▪ attract sb
▪ employ sb
▪ graduate sb (AmE)
▪

The college graduated 50 students last year.

COLLEGE + NOUN
▪ administrator, faculty (AmE), lecturer (esp. BrE), professor (esp. AmE), staff, teacher
▪

the college staff (= all the people who work there) (BrE)

▪

the college staff (= all the people who work there apart from those who teach) (AmE)

▪ chancellor (esp. AmE), dean, president (AmE), principal (BrE)
▪ boy, dropout, girl (esp. AmE), graduate, kid (informal), student
▪ freshman (esp. AmE), junior (AmE), senior (AmE), sophomore (AmE)
▪ buddy (informal), mate (BrE, informal), room-mate
▪ fraternity (AmE)
▪ building, campus
▪ chapel, library, room
▪ accommodation (BrE), dorm (AmE, informal), dormitory (AmE)
▪ class (AmE), course, degree, education
▪ credits (AmE)
▪ admissions, application, enrolment/enrollment
▪ graduation
▪

college graduation exercises (AmE)

▪ fees (BrE), tuition (AmE)
▪ loan
▪ life
▪ athletics (AmE), sports
▪ basketball, football, etc.
▪ bookstore (esp. AmE)
▪ team
PREPOSITION
▪ at college
▪

She's away at college in Virginia.

▪

I got interested in politics when I was at college. (BrE)

▪ in college
▪

Not all the lecturers are in college at any one time. (BrE)

▪

I got interested in politics when I was in college. (AmE)

▪ to college
▪

He's hoping to go to college next year.

▪ college of
▪

a college of education


Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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