HARVARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Harvard mean? 

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

1. a university in Massachusetts

2. American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)

  Familiarity information: HARVARD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARVARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A university in Massachusetts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Harvard; Harvard 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 ("Harvard" is a part of...):

Cambridge (a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Holonyms ("Harvard" is a member of...):

Ivy League (a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige)

Sense 2

Meaning:

American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Harvard; John Harvard

Instance hypernyms:

altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)

 Context examples 

Megan Murray of Harvard's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine said investigators followed the participants who lived with someone with TB for one year.

(Vitamin A Supplement May Thwart Tuberculosis Infection, Jessica Berman/VOA)

To gain a better understanding of light's role, Dr. Rami Burstein of Harvard Medical School and his colleagues evaluated 20 migraine sufferers who were also blind.

(How Light Boosts Migraine Pain, NIH, US)

A team from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School investigated whether beta-amyloid might also have antimicrobial properties.

(Alzheimer’s protein may have natural antibiotic role, NIH)

Scientists from Harvard University believe this would have allowed water to exist on the planet, and thus it is possible life could have thrived.

(Methane Gas May Have Caused Greenhouse Effect on Young Mars, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Researchers at Harvard University in Massachusetts have discovered a brain structure, called the amygdala, is more active in people who suffer from chronic stress.

(Biological Link Found Between Stress, Heart Disease, VOA)

A team led by Dr. Douglas Melton at Harvard University set out to transform stem cells into beta cells that could replace damaged beta cells.

(Developing Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes, NIH)

“We have good science on chocolate, especially about dark chocolate on blood pressure,” says Dr. Luc Djoussé of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Two Harvard researchers say they have found a rare parchment copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence — in England.

(Parchment Copy of Declaration of Independence Found in Small British Town, VOA)

A Harvard study has found that parts of the deep Pacific may be getting cooler as the result of a climate phenomenon that occurred hundreds of years ago.

(Bottom of Pacific Found to Be Getting Colder, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Earlier studies by Harvard University researcher Sam Myers and colleagues showed that wheat, maize, rice, field peas and soybeans grown under high carbon dioxide conditions all had lower levels of protein and minerals.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)