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shared with other humans
because it is passed from generation to generation H # ft M iR ( HP )ii ® ® A A
m, )
col lect ivism /ka'lektivizam/ noun [U] the political
system in which all farms, businesses and industries are owned by the
government or by all the people H ±
X; () a®
M ► col lect iv ist
adj.
collectivize (BrE also -ise) /ka'lektivaiz/ verb [VN] [often passive] to join several
private farms, industries, etc. together so that they are controlled by the
community or by the government f£A®ffc, BHf4ffc ( >&HA
►
col lect iv iza tion, -isa-tion /ka.lektivai'zeijn; NAmE -va'z-/ noun [U]
collect-or /ka'lekta(r)/ noun 1 (especially in compounds
Affi AAlJ^llAipl) a person who collects things, either as a hobby, or as a job
itftH#; i&MM: a stamp collector <> ticket/tax/debt collectors
MA
2 the chief officer of a district in some S Asian countries (
col lect or ate /ka'lektarat/ noun 1 (in some S Asian
countries) the area under the authority of a collector ( MIX
2 the
office in which a collector is based ffe
AiE
collector’s item noun a thing that is valued
because it is very old or rare, or because it has some special interestM
colleen /ko‘li:n; NAmE kai'l-/ noun 1 (IrishE) a girl or young woman ip ^2 a girl or young
woman from
BRITISH/AMERICAN HS/HS&lf college«university
In
both BrEand NAmE a college is a
place where you can go to study after you leave secondary school. In
college *&£AAJ§M&
mutt. ®
HIS,
college university
m In NAmE college is often used to mean
a university, especially when talking about people who are studying for
their first degree. The is not used when you
are talking about someone studying there. HHi£A, college TOAA ( university ) ,
&A±Afv0
ttAAAAffl^gt*] the: My son has gone away to college. LAizAAATo o ‘Where did you go to
college?’ ‘
®
In
BrE you can say HSHif
lAi&: My
daughter is at college, o My daughter is at university, $£AJl,®i:
A A* In NAmE you cannot use university
or college in this way. You use it with a or
the to mean a particular university or college. at
university M at college ^7ft±AA,
M® university college A fj jlfl a & the A/AM BA A: / didn’t want to go to a
large university. $ ^ B4 AA A
College ®-w /'kDlid3; NAmE 'kail-/ noun 1 [C, U] (often in
names A#1A45#) (in
^:
a college
of further education (= providing education and training for
people over 16) 0 a secre
tarial college Af$3RikA 0 the Royal
mm
/®At£/A® 0 She’s at college.
M® AI^$o
— see also community college(I),
a private college & A A A 0 He got interested in politics
when he was in college. fife®±AAN'$G®#a#J]&fq]$A
iTo 0 She’s
away at college in
separate institutions that
some British universities, such as
and Sciences. A$u#J - HBh 6 [C+sing./pl.
v.)
the teachers and/or students of a college ( AI?£#J )
ijrp®, ffcjjrp, 7 [C] (especially in names,
in
and some other countries A^#)
a secondary school, especially one
where you must pay ( ) AA, £A:
&A
8 [C] (usually in names A^^t) an organized group of professional people with
special interests, duties or powers AzB }±HI: the
of Physicians 1L ^ IM 1ft A o the
college
collegiate /ka'li:d3iat/ adj. 1 relating to a college
or its students AA$; A ^ W; A A A tf): collegiate life A A AM 2 (BrE) divided into a number
of colleges A A AB&^J: a collegiate university iiW^AAItEttAA
col legiate 'institute noun (in some parts of
collide
/ka'laid/
verb [V] ~ (with sth/sb) 1 if two
people, vehicles, etc. collide, they crash into each other; if a person,
vehicle, etc. collides with another, or with sth that is not moving, they
crash into it ft!it; Yfte
car and the van collided head-on in thick
fog.
0
The
car collided head-on with the van. O
As he
fell,
his head collided with the table. ffe^fijBtApPSAT^
Ao o note at crash 2 ~ (with sb) (over sth) (formal) (of people, their
opinions, etc. A , M iE H) to disagree
strongly B ® A — iC; it S ; M : They regularly
collide over policy decisions. {MV£/%lE
$CW.'(jtW. t A A it H o — see also collision
collider /ka'laid9(r)/ noun (physics #j) a machine for
making two streams of particles
move at high speed and crash into each other ZtSUl ( W
&A*B£itm)
collie /'kDli; NAmE ’kaili/ noun a dog of which there
are several types. Those with long pointed noses and long thick hair are
popular as pets. Smaller collies with shorter hair are often trained to help
control sheep on a farm.
collier /'kDlia(r); NAmE 'kail-/ noun 1 (old-fashioned,
especially BrE) =
coal miner 2 a ship that carries coal
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colliery /'kDliari; NAmE 'kail-/ noun
(pi. -ies) (BrE) a coal mine with its
buildings and equipment
A )
colli gate /‘kDligeit; M4m£
’kail-/ verb [V, VN] ~ (with sth)
|
~ sth
(with sth) 1 (formal) if two ideas, facts,
etc. colligate, or are colligated, they are linked together by a single
explanation or theory (
2 (linguistics i§W).if two words
colligate, or are colligated, they occur together and are linked by grammar
(f£ )
collision /k8'li3n/ noun [C, U] ~ (with sb/sth) | ~ (be- tween/of A and B) 1 an accident in which
two vehicles or people crash into each other a
collision between two trains 0 Stewart