CAMBRIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cambridge mean? 

• CAMBRIDGE (noun)
  The noun CAMBRIDGE has 3 senses:

1. a university in England

2. a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3. a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University

  Familiarity information: CAMBRIDGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMBRIDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A university in England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cambridge; Cambridge University

Instance hypernyms:

university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)

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

Cambridge (a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 "Cambridge"):

Harvard; Harvard University (a university in Massachusetts)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MIT (an engineering university in Cambridge)

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

Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University

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 "Cambridge"):

Cambridge; Cambridge University (a university in England)

Meronyms (members of "Cambridge"):

Cantabrigian (a resident of Cambridge)

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

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

Having got the doctor’s general direction, I spent the day in visiting all the villages upon that side of Cambridge, and comparing notes with publicans and other local news agencies.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Cambridge team showed that triclosan was able to target and act on this enzyme even in pyrimethamine-resistant parasites.

(Toothpaste ingredient may help fight drug-resistant malaria, University of Cambridge)

For their study, the Cambridge researchers squashed layers of FePS3 together under high pressure (about 10 Gigapascals), they found that it switched between an insulator and conductor, a phenomenon known as a Mott transition.

(‘Magnetic graphene’ switches between insulator and conductor, University of Cambridge)

Researchers from the University of Tübingen (Germany) and the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), among others, are also participating in this pioneering research project.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

The findings of the study, funded by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and carried out at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, have been described as "hugely significant".

(Poor Sleep, Lack of Exercise Increase Risk of Nut Allergy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge studied data from the ADDITION-Cambridge trial, a prospective cohort study of 867 people with newly diagnosed diabetes aged 40 and 69 years.

(Type 2 diabetes remission possible with ‘achievable’ weight loss, University of Cambridge)

Dr Michael Price of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory measured the distance that the photo-exited states travelled, which reached distances of 200 nanometres – 20 times further than was previously possible.

(Plastic crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport, Universities of Cambridge)

Nine lines etched on ancient clay tablets that tell the Gilgamesh Flood story can now be understood in very different ways – according to a Cambridge academic.

(‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story, University of Cambridge)

An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Cambridge and MSD has created the first detailed genetic map of human proteins, the key building blocks of biology.

(Scientists create ‘genetic atlas’ of proteins in human blood, University of Cambridge)

“Art from Oxenford or from Cambridge? Hast thou a letter from the chancellor of thy college giving thee a permit to beg? Let me see thy letter.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)