Berkeley

[ burk-lee; British bahrk-lee ]

noun

1. Bus·by [buhz, -bee], William Berkeley Enos, 1895–1976, U.S. choreographer and musical-film director.
2. George, 1685?–1753, Irish bishop and philosopher.
3. Sir William, 1610–77, British colonial governor of Virginia 1642–76.
4. a city in western California, on San Francisco Bay.
5. a city in eastern Missouri, near St. Louis.
6. Also Barclay. a first name.

Berkeley

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/ ˈbɑːklɪ /

noun

1. ˈbɜːklɪ BerkeleyBusby18951976MUSDANCE: dance director Busby . real name William Berkeley Enos . 1895–1976, US dance director, noted esp for his elaborate choreography in film musicals
2. ˈbɑːklɪ BerkeleyGeorge16851753MIrishPHILOSOPHY: philosopherRELIGION: clergyman George . 1685–1753, Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop, whose system of subjective idealism was expounded in his works A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous (1713). He also wrote Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (1709)
3. ˈbɑːklɪ BerkeleySir Lennox (Randal Francis)19031989MBritishMUSIC: composer Sir Lennox ( Randal Francis ). 1903–89, British composer; his works include four symphonies, four operas, and the Serenade for Strings (1939)

Berkeley

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/ ˈbɜːklɪ /

noun

1. a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)

Berkeley

1. City in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay .

Notes

Berkeley is the location of a distinguished branch of the University of California. The University of California at Berkeley has been a center for student activism and social-change movements, particularly in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Example Sentences

To see Berkeley take a step forward we think will probably have a domino effect.

From Quartz

It was the week before Thanksgiving as my husband and I hunkered down with our newborn in Berkeley, California, learning from cable news that hospitals—like the one where we were—would soon be overrun by covid-19 patients.

From MIT Technology Review

In California, Berkeley, Oakland and Los Angeles have moved forward similar measures.

From Washington Post

I “Zoomed” – the word had become a verb almost overnight – with Kishore Mahbubani in Singapore, Yolanda Kakabadse in Quito, Judith Butler in Berkeley, California, Alice Ruhweza in Nairobi and Jeremy Corbyn in London.

From No Straight News

I was writing a book on the Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna.

From Time

Edgar was invited to study at the Berkeley School of Music in Boston and at NYU in New York City.

From The Daily Beast

I was also teaching my courses at UC-Berkeley much of that time, though I had time off in the summers and through a sabbatical.

From The Daily Beast

Berkeley-based economist Enrico Moretti is also bearish on the future of the region.

From The Daily Beast

He came to Atari seven years ago, immediately after graduating from Berkeley.

From The Daily Beast

Then Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, made a bad batch of vaccine, and 40,000 children were sickened with polio.

From The Daily Beast

Bacon proceeded next to Jamestown and defeated Governor Berkeley's forces there.

From Project Gutenberg

Governor Berkeley and many of his soldiers fled to the ships and sailed away.

From Project Gutenberg

Governor Berkeley at this time was aggravating the home situation of the Virginia colonists.

From Project Gutenberg

This action aroused Governor Berkeley who immediately considered Bacon a traitor, and a civil war or rebellion resulted.

From Project Gutenberg

Late in the afternoon of the same day a motor car, splashed with mud, drew up before the door of the house in Berkeley Square.

From Project Gutenberg