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

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Separately, the company would pay $75 million toward the states' legal costs and $459 million to settle older claims tied to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

To obtain a clearer picture, researchers from the University of Cambridge Department of Clinical Neurosciences conducted a meta-analysis covering studies with more than 100 million participants.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

In 2023, at age 38, he had been appointed to a professorship in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest Black professor in the institution’s 800-year history.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

The former Sporting Clube academy product appeared for several sides in England - including Cambridge City, York City and Notts County - before returning to Portugal last summer.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

I can come to Cambridge and tutor your children and study for Harvard.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham