BERKELEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Berkeley mean? 

• BERKELEY (noun)
  The noun BERKELEY has 2 senses:

1. Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)

2. a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley

  Familiarity information: BERKELEY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BERKELEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Berkeley; Bishop Berkeley; George Berkeley

Instance hypernyms:

bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (parts of "Berkeley"):

University of California at Berkeley (a university in Berkeley, California)

Holonyms ("Berkeley" is a part of...):

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

 Context examples 

"Nearly every disease killing us in later life has a causal link to lack of sleep," said the article's senior author, Matthew Walker, a UC Berkeley professor of psychology and neuroscience.

(Deep Sleep May Act as Fountain of Youth in Old Age, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Mars may have been a wetter place than previously thought, according to research on simulated Martian meteorites conducted, in part, at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

(New Evidence for A Water-Rich History on Mars, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, say they compared genetic material from mammoths when they were plentiful and material from when the population was in decline.

(Genetic ‘Mutational Meltdown’ Doomed Woolly Mammoths, VOA)

And I should be vastly pleased if Mr. Berkeley Craven will consent to be stake-holder.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A new study by University of California, Berkeley microbial ecologists used experimental evolution to help identify the core microbiome of commercial tomatoes.

(How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?, National Science Foundation)

"There is a huge need for seafloor seismology," said Nate Lindsey of UC Berkeley, lead author of the paper.

(Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network, National Science Foundation)

He caught a Telegraph Avenue car that was going to Berkeley.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Messner's gray eyes were mildly curious as he went on: That was to be expected—two sides to the shield. Living in Berkeley I only got the one side.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

She complained of it as they returned to Berkeley Street.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Called at the Berkeley and found Van Helsing, as usual, up to time.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)