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The Art Institute of Chicago has a large collection of modern paintings. a music collection

[ count, noncount ] taking something from a place or from people

garbage collection

col • lec • tor / kэ'leter / noun [ count ]

a person who collects things a stamp collector a tax collector

col. lege © / 'каы₃/ noun

1 [ count, noncount ] a place where you can go to study after you have finished high school She's going to college next year. My brother is in college . an art college Collocations Higher education applying apply for college

apply to a college/a university/Harvard get into/go to college/Princeton studying major in/minor in biology/philosophy work toward a B.A./a law degree/a master's degree finishing finish/graduate from college

earn/receive/get a degree/a bachelor's degree/a master's degree Which word? University or college?

Universities and colleges both offer courses for students who are studying for their first degree (a bachelor's degree ).

Universities also offer courses for people who are studying for more advanced degrees, for example a master's degree or a Ph.D.

College is often the word we use in general conversation when we are talking about a place of higher education, even when the place we are talking about is a university: a college student ♦ "Where did you go to college?" "Ohio State University." 2 [ count ] a main division of a university The history department is part of the College of Arts and Sciences.

col • lide / kэ ' laid / verb ( col • lides, col • lid ing, col • lid • ed )

to move fast toward someone or something, and hit them hard

The two trucks collided.

He ran along the corridor and collided with his teacher. —SYNONYM crash

col • li • sion / kэ'li3n / noun [ count ]

when things or people collide

The driver of the car was killed in the collision.

—SYNONYM crash

col • lo • ca • tion / |kab 'keijn / noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) a combination of words that people use very often

"Burst into tears" and "take a walk" are English collocations.

co • logne / kэ'loun / noun [ count, noncount ]

a liquid that you put on your body to make yourself smell nice

Do you ever wear cologne? a selection of men's colognes

co • lon / ' koubn/ noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) the mark ( : ) that you use in

writing, for example before a list

( biology ) the large tube inside your body below your stomach, which carries waste out of your body

colo • nel / ' kэrnl / noun [ count ]

an officer of a high level in the army

co • lo • ni • al / kэ ' lounbl / adjective

( history )

connected with or being part of a colony Spain used to be a major colonial power.

connected with the U.S. at the time when it was still a British colony

people who lived in colonial times

col • o • nize / ' kabnaiz / verb ( col • o • niz • es , col • o • niz • ing , col o • nized )

( politics ) to take control of another country or place and make it a colony

► col • o • ni • za • tion / ^Ьпэ ' zeijn / noun

[ noncount ]

the colonization of Latin America by Spain and Portugal

col • o • ny / ' kabni / noun [ count ] ( plural col • o • nies )

( politics ) a country or an area that is ruled by another country

the 13 original colonies (= that used to be ruled by Britain, and are now part of the United States )

COl .ОГ 1 Ф / 'клЬг / noun

[ count, noncount ]