OXFORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxford mean? 

• OXFORD (noun)
  The noun OXFORD has 4 senses:

1. a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

2. a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner

3. a university in England

4. a low shoe laced over the instep

  Familiarity information: OXFORD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXFORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford 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 "Oxford"):

Oxford; Oxford University (a university in England)

Meronyms (members of "Oxford"):

Oxonian (a native or resident of Oxford)

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

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

Oxonian (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

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

Empire State of the South; GA; Ga.; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A university in England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

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

Oxford (a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University)

Derivation:

Oxonian (of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A low shoe laced over the instep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oxford" is a kind of...):

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oxford"):

saddle oxford; saddle shoe (an oxford with a saddle of contrasting color)

 Context examples 

James had protested against writing to her till his return to Oxford; and Mrs. Allen had given her no hopes of a letter till she had got back to Fullerton.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I was so fond of him, that I felt quite jealous of his Oxford friends.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Terminology for concepts associated with neonatal research contributed by four neonatal research networks: Vermont-Oxford Network (VON), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), NICHD Neonatal Research Network (NICHD-NRN) and NICHD Pediatric Terminology.

(Neonatal Research Network Terminology, NICHD)

From thence we proceeded to Oxford.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“I got them at Latimer’s, in Oxford Street.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Researchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford have discovered a new molecule that plays a key role in the immune response that is triggered by influenza infections.

('Significant breakthrough' in understanding the deadly nature of pandemic influenza, University of Cambridge )

Oxford won by a goal and two tries.

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

The first division of their journey occupied a long day, and brought them, almost knocked up, to Oxford; but the second was over at a much earlier hour.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Frank comes to-morrow—I had a letter this morning—we see him to-morrow by dinner-time to a certainty—he is at Oxford to-day, and he comes for a whole fortnight; I knew it would be so.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Edward talks of going to Oxford soon, said she; but now he is lodging at No. —, Pall Mall.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)