Here, the expression is a shorter version of matriculation college. In a number of Canadian cities, many government-run secondary schools are called collegiates or collegiate institutes (C.I.), a complicated form of the word college which avoids the usual post-secondary connotation.
English Collins Dictionary-English synonyms & Thesaurus &nbsp. rip (rips plural & 3rd person present) (ripping present participle) (ripped past tense & past participle) 1 verb When something rips or when you rip it, you tear it forcefully with your hands or with a tool such as a knife. (=tear). I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions... V.
â phrasal verb with tear uk /tÉªÉr/ us /tÉªr/ verb [I]. âº mainly US to get âtears in âyour âeyes, so that you âalmost âstart to âcry, because you are âexperiencing âstrong âemotion: She teared up as the âaward was âpresented to her. (Definition of tear up from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press). Browse. 1  tear sth apart.