Berkeley

[burk-lee, bahrk-lee]

noun

1. Busby William Berkeley Enos, 1895–1976, U.S. choreographer and musical-film director.

2. George, 1685?–1753, Irish bishop and philosopher.

3. Sir William, 1610–77, British colonial governor of Virginia 1642–76.

4. a city in western California, on San Francisco Bay.

5. a city in eastern Missouri, near St. Louis.

6. Also Barclay a first name.

Berkeley

¹

/ ˈbɜːklɪ /

noun

1. a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)

Berkeley

²

/ ˈbɑːklɪ /

noun

1. Busby . real name William Berkeley Enos . 1895–1976, US dance director, noted esp for his elaborate choreography in film musicals

2. George . 1685–1753, Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop, whose system of subjective idealism was expounded in his works A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713). He also wrote Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709)

3. Sir Lennox ( Randal Francis ). 1903–89, British composer; his works include four symphonies, four operas, and the Serenade for Strings (1939)

Berkeley

1. City in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.

Berkeley is the location of a distinguished branch of the University of California. The University of California at Berkeley has been a center for student activism and social-change movements, particularly in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Example Sentences

"There's definitely something unusual going on in the north Pacific," said Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist at Berkeley Earth, a research group in the US.

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There’s a free app available for iOS and Android devices called MyShake, which was developed by UC Berkeley and is provided in partnership with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

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The UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab forecast up to a foot at its location near Lake Tahoe, lab director Andrew Schwartz said.

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Since the Berkeley County data center was built in 2007, Google said that it has invested more than $4.5 billion in the state.

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UC has not publicly announced similar actions outside of Berkeley — but has not denied the possibility.

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