| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | school, especially for higher education |
| Synonyms: | boarding school, brainery, finishing school, halls of ivy, institute, military school, prep school, preparatory school, secondary school, seminary |
| Main Entry: | college |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | institution of higher education |
| Synonyms: | alma mater, association, brainery, halls of ivy, halls of knowledge, institute, lyceum, organization, seminary, university |
| Notes: | The word college comes from Latin collegium, 'association, partnership,' from collega, 'partner in office.' The word university is from Latin universitas, 'the whole,' from universus, 'combined into one.' The difference between a college and a university is that a college offers degrees in one or a few specific areas, while a university is a collection of colleges. |
| Main Entry: | institute/institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, usually educational |
| Synonyms: | academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, think tank, university |
| Main Entry: | school |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place, system for educating |
| Synonyms: | academy, alma mater, blackboard, college, department, discipline, establishment, faculty, hall, halls of ivy, institute, institution, jail*, schoolhouse, seminary, university |
| Main Entry: | institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization |
| Synonyms: | academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, institute, institution, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, university |
| Concept: | Class. |
| Category: | 4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER |
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-nouns
class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain., kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin., manner, description, denomination, designation, character, stamp; predicament; indication, particularization, selection, specification., similarity.
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| Concept: | School. |
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-nouns
school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum; institute, institution; palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar., day school, boarding school, preparatory school, prep school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school; school of art; kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory., pulpit, desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune., school book, horn book, text book; grammar, primer, abecedary, rudiments, manual, vade mecum; encyclopedia, cyclopedia; Lindley Murray, Cocker; dictionary, lexicon., professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship; chair., School Board Council of Education; Board of Education; Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies; Textbook Committee; propaganda.
-adjectives
scholastic, academic, collegiate; educational.
-adverbs
ex cathedra.
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