Cambridge

[ keym-brij ]

noun

1. a city in Cambridgeshire, in E England: famous university founded in 12th century.
2. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
3. Cambridgeshire.
4. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
5. a city in E Ohio.

Cambridge

/ ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ /

noun

1. a city in E England, administrative centre of Cambridgeshire, on the River Cam: centred around the university, founded in the 12th century: electronics, biotechnology. Pop: 117 717 (2001) Medieval Latin nameCantabrigia
2. short for Cambridgeshire
3. a city in the US, in E Massachusetts: educational centre, with Harvard University (1636) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pop: 101 587 (2003 est)

Cambridge

1. City in Massachusetts , near Boston .

Notes

Location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Other Words From

• pre-Cambridge adjective

Example Sentences

The profile picture that Morrow used to catfish the victims was actually the image of a man based in Cambridge.

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As well as the event in Staffordshire, events taking place across the UK included ones at Bristol, Cambridge, Nottingham, Liverpool, and Dover.

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East West Rail is a different project aiming to link Oxford and Cambridge by train.

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The work is a large scale original portrait of Turing, who studied at King's College, Cambridge.

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One of three girls, Kate was a new mum and living near the family home on Cambridge Street.

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