Oakland Definition–noun | 1. | a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay. 339,288. |
| 2. | a town in NE New Jersey. 13,443. |
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Community Definition–noun, plural -ties. | 1. | a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical h
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| 2. | a locality inhabited by such a group. |
| 3. | a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually prec. by the): the business community; the community of scholars. |
| 4. | a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe. |
| 5. | Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule. |
| 6. | Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area. |
| 7. | joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property. |
| 8. | similar character; agreement; identity: community of interests. |
| 9. | the community, the public; society: the needs of the community. |
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College Definition–noun | 1. | an institution of higher learning, esp. one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university. |
| 2. | a constituent unit of a university, furnishing courses of instruction in the liberal arts and sciences, usually leading to a bachelor's degree. |
| 3. | an institution for vocational, technical, or professional instruction, as in medicine, pharmacy, agriculture, or music, often a part of a university. |
| 4. | an endowed, self-governing association of scholars incorporated within a university, as at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. |
| 5. | a similar corporation outside a university. |
| 6. | the building or buildings occupied by an institution of higher education. |
| 7. | the administrators, faculty, and students of a college. |
| 8. | (in Britain and Canada) a private secondary school. |
| 9. | an organized association of persons having certain powers and rights, and performing certain duties or engaged in a particular pursuit: The electoral college formally selects the president. |
| 10. | a company; assemblage. |
| 11. | Also called collegium. a body of clergy living together on a foundation for religious service or similar activity. |
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