cambridge

1. 1.

   a university in England

   SynonymsCambridge University

   Broaderuniversity
2. 2.

   a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

   Broadercity

   Part ofMassachusetts

   PartsHarvard UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology
3. 3.

   a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University

   Broadercity

   Part ofEngland

   PartsCambridge University

Other forms of cambridge

plural

cambridges·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cambridge

What does cambridge mean?

cambridge means "a university in England". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cambridge?

cambridge has 2 syllables: cam-bridge. The stress falls on "cam". In IPA it is /ˈkeɪmbɹɪdʒ/.

What is another word for cambridge?

Close synonyms include Cambridge University. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cambridge a common word?

cambridge is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.