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Harvard

Harvard

659 2.3
A private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts that many top students attend
  • proper noun
  • /ˈhɑːrvərd/
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  • I want to go to Harvard.
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard in Cambridge
  • Harvard University Press

Gropius didn't teach history at Harvard when he was Dean.

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Examples

  • I want to go to Harvard for my higher education.

  • Many notable alumni have graduated from Harvard, including several U.S. presidents.

  • I say maybe I could get the Harvard Club to pay for it.

  • You went to Harvard business school?

  • When I got to Harvard, my focus was on grades.

  • For me, the true magic of Harvard is its people.

  • Full scholarships to Yale and Harvard.

  • But the main drawback of Harvard is it's brutal winters.

  • She was accepted into Harvard and is excited to start her studies.

Synonyms

Harvard University
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A famous university in Cambridge, Massachusetts with very good teaching and research

is the brief neutral label without added reputation details

Compounds

A famous university in Cambridge, Massachusetts with very good teaching and research

People who graduated from Harvard University

A computer design where programs can use instruction memory as data memory

Surface Forms

Harvard main

Etymology

Harvard is named after John Harvard, an English church leader who, in the 1600s, gave his books and money to help start the school. Because the college took his name, Harvard now stands for the famous university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.