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

Daniel Zeichner, the MP for Cambridge, was speaking as hundreds of farmers prepared to travel to London this week to protest at the measure announced in last month's budget.

From BBC

Tuckerman and Galanakis verified the rules of Crystal Math using the Cambridge Crystal Data Centre, a database of hundreds of thousands of known organic molecular crystal structures.

From Science Daily

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From BBC