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Berkeley
[ burk-lee; British bahrk-lee ]
noun
- Bus·by [buhz, -bee], William Berkeley Enos, 1895–1976, U.S. choreographer and musical-film director.
- George, 1685?–1753, Irish bishop and philosopher.
- Sir William, 1610–77, British colonial governor of Virginia 1642–76.
- a city in western California, on San Francisco Bay.
- a city in eastern Missouri, near St. Louis.
- Also Barclay. a first name.
Berkeley
1/ ˈbɑːklɪ /
noun
- ˈbɜːklɪ BerkeleyBusby18951976MUSDANCE: dance director Busby . real name William Berkeley Enos . 1895–1976, US dance director, noted esp for his elaborate choreography in film musicals
- 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)
- 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
2/ ˈbɜːklɪ /
noun
- a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)
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Example Sentences
To see Berkeley take a step forward we think will probably have a domino effect.
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.
In California, Berkeley, Oakland and Los Angeles have moved forward similar measures.
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.
I was writing a book on the Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna.
Edgar was invited to study at the Berkeley School of Music in Boston and at NYU in New York City.
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.
Berkeley-based economist Enrico Moretti is also bearish on the future of the region.
He came to Atari seven years ago, immediately after graduating from Berkeley.
Then Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, made a bad batch of vaccine, and 40,000 children were sickened with polio.
Bacon proceeded next to Jamestown and defeated Governor Berkeley's forces there.
Governor Berkeley and many of his soldiers fled to the ships and sailed away.
Governor Berkeley at this time was aggravating the home situation of the Virginia colonists.
This action aroused Governor Berkeley who immediately considered Bacon a traitor, and a civil war or rebellion resulted.
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.
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