Harvard

American  

[hahr-verd] / ˈhɑr vərd /

noun

1. John, 1607–38, English clergyman in the U.S.: principal benefactor of Harvard College, now Harvard University.

2. a city in central Massachusetts.

3. Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range. 14,420 feet (4,398 meters).

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Example Sentences

"Presidents have often offered timelines to buy time with the public" during wars, said Thomas Patterson, a historian at the Harvard Kennedy School, "and almost all of them underestimate the time."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Instead, Lee says that students are more interested in addressing course engagement and rigor—particularly in courses called “gems,” which is Harvard slang for classes that offer a light workload and lenient grading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Already, Harvard has pushed back the timeline for implementing a cap after students raised concerns in town hall discussions that exams don’t allow for enough differentiation, said Claybaugh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Originally from Boulder, Colo., he was kicked out of five schools while growing up before eventually attending Harvard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

In March 2009, he left WHO and Harvard to become the seventeenth president of Dartmouth—the first Asian American president of any Ivy League university.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French