junior college

noun

: an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community

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Arkansas football has added a late addition with the commitment of junior college tight end Jeremiah Beck. Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025 Would a partnership work with UNK or a junior college to serve as a pipeline to Lincoln? Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 Rolovich is from the Bay Area and was a two-time junior college All-America quarterback at City College of San Francisco in 1998 and 1999. Ralph D. Russo, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 With the recent ruling on Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia stating that junior college years don’t count against NCAA eligibility, Hall might have two years of eligibility left or just one. Davis Wilson, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for junior college 

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of junior college was in 1899

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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

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junior college

noun
: a school that offers two years of studies similar to those in the first two years of a four-year college

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