Johns Hopkins University
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- proper noun
- /dʒɑnz ˈhɒpkɪnz ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsɪti/
- The statewide evaluation activities are chiefly web-based and coordinated by Sheppard Pratt Health System and Johns Hopkins University.
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Examples
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Alec Reynolds is a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
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Alec Reynolds is a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
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The Institutional Review Board at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health approved this secondary data analysis.
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William Loizeaux teaches at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland.
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One of the participating ecologists is Grace Brush of Johns Hopkins University.
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A team of students at Johns Hopkins University has already "cracked" the Exxon SpeedPass.
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Daniel Deudney is Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University and the author of Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory.
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Dr. Solomon Snyder, head of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, warns that during meditation the brain releases serotonin.
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York graduated from Johns Hopkins University in July with a degree in nursing.
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Ben Carson is an emeritus professor of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University and a conservative activist.
Synonyms
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A private research university in Baltimore known for medicine and science
Surface Forms
Morphology
Johns + Hopkins + university
The noun 'university' makes the overall meaning clear: it denotes an institution of higher education, and the preceding words function as a proper name specifying which university. Although 'Johns' and 'Hopkins' are arbitrary surnames with no independent lexical meaning, the compositional pattern (name + university) is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand this refers to a particular university even if they do not know its location or prestige.
Etymology
Johns Hopkins University is named after a man called Johns Hopkins who, in the 1800s, left most of his money to start a hospital and a school in Baltimore. Because he 'gave his money' to create them, the school was named after him, which is why the name now means a major research university.