Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Higher-level; advanced: Pertaining to an educational level above secondary school but typically below university, or to a more complex and developed organizational level in biological classification.
   • Superior: In biological contexts, describing organisms with a more complex and fully developed physical structure.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Education):
  • Cô ấy học tại một trường cao đẳng. (She studies at a higher-level school/a college.)
  • Trường cao đẳng mỹ thuật đó rất nổi tiếng. (That higher art school is very famous.)
• Adjective (Biology):
  • Con người thuộc loài động vật cao đẳng. (Humans belong to the higher order of animals.)

Advanced Usage

• "cao đẳng tiểu học": A historical term for a "higher elementary grade" of education, equivalent to a post-primary school level in older systems.
  • Ông nội tôi từng học trường cao đẳng tiểu học. (My grandfather once attended a higher elementary school.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trường cao đẳng (n): College; an institution of higher education offering programs typically shorter than university degrees.
  • Trường Cao đẳng Sư phạm đào tạo nhiều giáo viên. (The Teacher Training College educates many teachers.)

Synonyms

• Higher-level (for education or rank).
• Advanced (for development or complexity).
• Superior (in biological classification).

Related Terms

• Đại học: University; a higher education level above .
• Trung học: Secondary school; the education level below .

adj

1. Higher
   • trường cao đẳng mỹ thuật
     the higher art school
   • người thuộc loài động vật cao đẳng
     man belongs to the higher order of animals
   • cao đẳng tiểu học
     higher elementary grade (of education)