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So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.
Dustin Hoffman

Meaning of "junior college" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JUNIOR COLLEGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JUNIOR COLLEGE

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Junior college is a noun.
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WHAT DOES JUNIOR COLLEGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of junior college in the English dictionary

The definition of junior college in the dictionary is an educational establishment providing a two-year course that either terminates with an associate degree or is the equivalent of the freshman and sophomore years of a four-year undergraduate course. Other definition of junior college is the junior section of a college or university.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JUNIOR COLLEGE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE JUNIOR COLLEGE

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Synonyms and antonyms of junior college in the English dictionary of synonyms

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大专
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junior college
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जूनियर कॉलेज
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جامعية
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Junior College
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জুনিয়র কলেজ
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Junior college
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Junior College
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短期大学
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단기 대학
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Junior college
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cao đẳng
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ஜூனியர் கல்லூரி
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कनिष्ठ महाविद्यालय
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Küçük üniversite
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junior college
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Junior College
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Junior College
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colegiu
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κολέγιο
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junior kollege
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junior college
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junior college
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Trends of use of junior college

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JUNIOR COLLEGE»

The term «junior college» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.540 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about junior college

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6 QUOTES WITH «JUNIOR COLLEGE»

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Annette Bening
I wanted to be a classical actress. I plodded along. I went to junior college in San Francisco, I was in a Repertory Company. My hero was Eva Le Gallienne, who was a great theater actress at the turn of the century who created her own company, and she wrote these hilarious autobiographies at the time.
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Beverly Cleary
I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year.
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John Corbett
I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior college and that's where I discovered acting.
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Dustin Hoffman
So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.
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Dot Jones
I did volleyball, basketball, and track all through high school. And then I went to junior college and I stuck with track because I was good at shot put and discus. And then I got a full ride to Fresno State for their track program. Shot put was my main thing. I was the five-time All-American, and I set a couple records.
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Oscar Robertson
They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUNIOR COLLEGE»

Discover the use of junior college in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to junior college and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Junior College
A collection of forty poems explores the many faces of angst, anxiety, and misguided realities of childhood and adolescence
Gary Soto, 1997
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The Junior College
The Junior College, William Martin Proctor, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Arthur G. Paul, Frank Waters Thomas. ment that the relationship will be that of mutual helpfulness, rather than that of inspection and domination. With this new understanding there ...
The Junior College, William Martin Proctor, Ray Lyman Wilbur
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Clinton Junior College
Four. Progress. Keep. the. Light. Shining. Clinton Junior College welcomes people without regard to race. religion. or national origin. 1t is primarily a residential institution with the maJority of students fiving on campus. Residence hall ...
Elaine Johnson Copeland, Cheryl J. McCullough, 2004
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Murder at Milltown Junior College
Even so, during his two-year vacation at the junior college, he had little difficulty in fulfilling the meager scholastic requirements for maintaining eligibility to participate in sports. Without informing either Green or Torelli, he applied for admission ...
John A. Broussard, 2003
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New Jersey's Union College: A History, 1933-1983
3 The standard histories of the junior college available to Johnson were Leonard V. Koos, The Junior-College Movement (New York: Ginn & Co., 1925), which is a reworking of his The Junior College, 2 vols. (Minneapolis: University of ...
Donald R. Raichle, 1983
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National Junior College Athletics Association Student ...
Donald E. Cragen. CHAPTER HI METHODS The purpose of this research was to examine the perception of commitment to sport and academics as defined by participant time and value respectively between gender lines by NJCAA athletes  ...
Donald E. Cragen, 2009
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Community College Models: Globalization and Higher Education ...
Interestingly, while in other countries, the Ministry of Education would spearhead these initiatives, in Belize, the junior college administrators have committed institutional resources and time to develop the framework. Role and Mission of the ...
Rosalind Latiner Raby, Edward James Valeau, 2009
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Historical Atlas of Oklahoma
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Charles Robert Goins, Danney Goble, 2006
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The American College and the Culture of Aspiration, 1915-1940
51; Lange is discussed in Gregory L. Goodwin, "The Historical Development of the Community- Junior College Ideology," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois, 1971, pp. 78— 79 (this work explores the history of the vocational orientation of ...
David O. Levine, 1988
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The Alcalde
A new regulation in California specifies that no state senior college can be established in any town or city unless there is first a local public junior college operating in it. VEN though California has 65 public and six private junior colleges which ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUNIOR COLLEGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term junior college is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baseball: Tyler Williamson commits to play baseball for Otero Junior
Otero, located in La Junta, Colo., finished the 2014 season with a 33-25 record while competing in Division I of the National Junior College ... «Farmington Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Junior College corner Elijah Battle names Arizona as the leader in …
But for now, Arizona is the leader for junior college corner, Elijah Battle. Originally from Barringer High School (Newark, NJ), Battle found ... «Arizona Desert Swarm, Jul 15»
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Huskies sign junior college QB transfer Tony Rodriguez
Quarterback Tony Rodriguez, a 2014 Region I All-California junior college Player of the Year at City College of San Francisco, will transfer to ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
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UK football notes: Kentucky signee Provitt headed to junior college
He said he's going the junior-college route for academic reasons. "It's basically because my test scores are low," Provitt told the Herald-Leader. «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
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Next Cats: Junior-college tackle No. 1 on Kentucky's 2016 wish list
Junior college offensive tackle Tate Leavitt — a 6-foot-6, 305-pound prospect — has emerged as the Wildcats' No. 1 priority to round out the ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
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Joliet Junior College Classes Begin August 24
The 2015 fall semester at JJC is just around the corner, starting Aug. 24, which means that now is a great time to schedule an appointment with ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Santa Rosa Junior College Student Pleads Not Guilty To Being …
A Santa Rosa Junior College student pleaded not guilty in Sonoma County Superior Court this morning to being an accessory to the attempted ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Moody's affirms Tyler Junior College District's (TX) A1 rating; outlook …
New York, July 15, 2015 -- Moody's Investors Service affirms the A1 rating on Tyler Junior College District's (TJC or the college) Series 2006 ... «Moodys.com, Jul 15»
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LSU DT Travonte Valentine leaving Tigers for junior college | NOLA …
LSU freshman defensive tackle Travonte Valentine is leaving the program and will transfer, LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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Mumbai: Cut-offs for junior college admission up by 4% this year
The first merit list for First Year Junior College (FYJC) online admissions released on Monday showed that cut-offs across streams shot up by ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»

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