What does "cambridge" mean?
A city and local government district with borough status of Cambridgeshire, England, famous for its university.
Cambridge
/ˈkeɪm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ name
name ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A city and local government district with borough status of Cambridgeshire, England, famous for its university.
- Grammar: cambridge is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: academic city, academic institution, academic publisher, cambridge-based.
- Useful contrasts: community college, countryside, encyclopedia.
- Usage evidence: Then he began his work at Cambridge, developing many new ideas about the nature of the universe.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city and local government district with borough status of Cambridgeshire, England, famous for its university.
- 2 Ellipsis of University of Cambridge. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"He went to Cambridge, you know."
- 3 A village in Slimbridge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the local River Cam (OS grid ref SO7403).
- 4 A city in Washington County, Idaho, United States.
- 5 A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States.
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- 6 A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
- 7 A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was formerly one of the county seats.
- 8 A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
- 9 A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
- 10 A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
- 11 A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- 12 A local government area (the Town of Cambridge) in Perth, Western Australia.
- 13 A suburb of the City of Clarence, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- 14 A town in Waikato, New Zealand.
- 15 A royal dukedom.
Synonyms
All synonyms academic cityacademic institutionacademic publishercambridge-basedcambridge-editedcambridge-methodical
Antonyms
Example
"Then he began his work at Cambridge, developing many new ideas about the nature of the universe."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "cambridge"?
Common synonyms include: academic city, academic institution, academic publisher, cambridge-based, cambridge-edited, cambridge-methodical.
How do you use "cambridge" in a sentence?
Then he began his work at Cambridge, developing many new ideas about the nature of the universe.
How do you pronounce "cambridge"?
Pronounced /ˈkeɪm.bɹɪd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
From Middle English Cantebrigge, Grentebrige, from Old English Grante bryċġ, Granta-briċġ, Grantanbryċġ (“Granta bridge”). The river name Granta is probably of Celtic origin. By Middle English when the name of the settlement had changed to "Cantebrigge" and eventually "Cambridge", the lower stretches of the River Granta were renamed Cam by back-formation from Cambridge.