Oxford
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3.0
- proper noun
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Universidad de Oxford
- And then I came back to Oxford, where I've been for all my life.
- Oxford University
- Oxford University Press
- Oxford English Dictionary
Before that, he studied philosophy and physics at Oxford and then Rutgers.
- Before that, he studied philosophy and physics at Oxford and then Rutgers.
- Apparently, most of the protesters outside Bannon's speech at Oxford were typical students.
- So the organizers of the debate at Oxford went to Ehud Olmert.
- But yeah, I got rejected from Oxford University again.
- We also have good news out of Oxford today on the vaccine front.
- I'm also a broadcaster, so I am at Oxford University.
- Did you hear a Constantine Kisson's whole Oxford debate on this topic?
- So obviously because of that, this makes Oxford a very special time in my life.
- And then after my undergrad, I was meant to stay in Oxford for a PhD.
- But so I knew Oxford and Cambridge wasn't for me.
- Doctors from Stanford, Harvard, Oxford, they challenged Fauci's lockdown push.
- Well, firstly, I actually went to Oxford first.
Examples
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Clutterbuck is now studying human sciences at Oxford University and hopes to work in health development.
Academic text (2011) -
But yeah, I got rejected from Oxford University again.
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I left for Oxford, certain I would go on to law school.
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During my junior year at Oxford, I got the hang of the British way of doing things.
Fiction book (1999) -
I was an undergraduate at Oxford in my young days.
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I'm going to Oxford University.
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And that's why I quit and went to Oxford for four years.
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And now he's the top scholar at Oxford.
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Well, I went to Oxford, where I... excelled in several subjects, but I ended up specializing in foreign languages.
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I always dreamed of attending Oxford University to pursue my studies in history.
Synonyms
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2.5
A famous, very old university in Oxford, England where students study and do research
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2.4
A famous university in Oxford, England that has strong teaching and research
Compounds
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2.5
A famous, very old university in Oxford, England where students study and do research
A very large dictionary that shows the history and meanings of English words published by Oxford University Press
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8.6
A way of speaking English heard at Oxford University that sounds formal and showy
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2.4
A famous university in Oxford, England that has strong teaching and research
A 19th-century group in the Church of England that wanted to bring back Catholic traditions and oppose some modern changes
How Prestigious
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3
3.6
42
2.7
521
3.5
- US
79
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Oxford for the university comes from the town's name, which joins ox and ford and originally meant 'ford for oxen', a shallow river crossing where animals walked across. So the university is simply named after that town.