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

Scientists from the Universities of Cambridge and Antwerp set out to understand how this rapid burst of evolution was possible.

From Science Daily

The money will be used to create a school of government in Cambridge named after him, with the aim of training leaders of the future.

From BBC

Anthropic left a web repository unsecured, and a University of Cambridge researcher found an unpublished blog post about a new AI model that was particularly good at conducting cyberattacks.

From Barron's

In his comments Monday to students in Cambridge, Mass., Powell said the standard playbook calls for the Fed to “look through” an oil-price shock because it won’t last long.

From MarketWatch

Cambridge Aerospace is among the startups seeking to cut production costs using modern technology such as 3-D printing and artificial intelligence, according to Chief Executive Steven Barrett.

From The Wall Street Journal