Cambridge

American  

[keym-brij] / ˈkeɪm brɪdʒ /

noun

1. a city in Cambridgeshire, in E England: famous university founded in 12th century.

2. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

3. Cambridgeshire.

4. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

5. a city in E Ohio.

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Cambridge British  

/ ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ /

noun

1. Medieval Latin name: Cantabrigia.  a city in E England, administrative centre of Cambridgeshire, on the River Cam: centred around the university, founded in the 12th century: electronics, biotechnology. Pop: 117 717 (2001)

2. short for Cambridgeshire

3. a city in the US, in E Massachusetts: educational centre, with Harvard University (1636) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pop: 101 587 (2003 est)

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Cambridge Cultural  

1. City in Massachusetts, near Boston.

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Location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Other Word Forms

• pre-Cambridge adjective

Example Sentences

When he arrived in Massachusetts for his first fellowship studying parathyroid hormone, Habener found a ready source of thyroid glands to study from a local Cambridge slaughterhouse that supplied calf meat.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Kendall Square, the life-sciences hub tucked next to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, 17% of lab space in the neighborhood sat vacant this September, according to CBRE.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Ray Amjad graduated from the University of Cambridge a few years ago, he thought about staying in the historic city, but his head was soon turned.

From BBC

"Ants are everywhere," said lead author Arthur Matte, a Ph.D. student in zoology at the University of Cambridge.

From Science Daily

The research was carried out jointly by scientists from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford and published in the journal Parasitology.

From Science Daily