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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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Abby, Adam has never held a job, and manages only one junior college class a semester in his quest to enter a four-year university.
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First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Junior college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20college. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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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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