Cambridge

[keym-brij]

noun

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

a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

Cambridgeshire.

a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

a city in E Ohio.

Related formspre-Cam·bridge, adjective

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Contemporary Examples of cambridge

She is the author of Dirty Entanglements: Corruption, Crime and Terrorism (Cambridge University Press).
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Louise I. Shelley
December 26, 2014
In the early 1960s Cambridge University was a hotbed of cultural and social insurrection.
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Clive Irving
December 14, 2014
Throughout its 800-year history, Cambridge University has guarded jealously its absolute right to free speech.
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Nico Hines
November 25, 2014
So I started going into Cambridge two or three times a week and I would just buy all these books.
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William O’Connor
November 25, 2014
“Everywhere we find them we find them enormous,” he told a Cambridge University blog called The Naked Scientists.
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Nina Strochlic
November 13, 2014

Historical Examples of cambridge

And of course I was proud when he got his double blue at Cambridge.
The Comrade In White
W. H. Leathem
We did not meet at the university; he went to Oxford, and I to Cambridge.
Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
You and I are to go to Cambridge Terrace about four o'clock to see my uncle.
Roden's Corner
Henry Seton Merriman
He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, but did not remain to take his degree.
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He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and studied law.
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British Dictionary definitions for cambridge

Cambridge

noun

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)Medieval Latin name: Cantabrigia

short for Cambridgeshire

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)

Related formsRelated adjective: Cantabrigian

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Word Origin and History for cambridge

Cambridge

Old English Grontabricc (c.745) "Bridge on the River Granta" (a Celtic river name, of obscure origin). The change to Cante- and later Cam- was due to Norman influence. The river name Cam is a back-formation in this case, but Cam also was a legitimate Celtic river name, meaning "crooked."

cambridge in Culture

Cambridge

City in Massachusetts, near Boston.

Note

Location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.