Princeton University
- proper noun
- /ˈprɪnstən ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːrsɪti/
- A new experiment being developed at Princeton University uses a self-compensating potassium-helium-3 comagnetometer.
- Princeton University Press
- Ph.D. from Princeton University
- Princeton University professor
Examples
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The hole-doped bilayers were probed by Emanuel Tutuc, Mansour Shayegan, and David Huse, all of Princeton University.
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The Rockefeller Foundation financed a "listening and analysis center" at Princeton University.
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Her feelings toward scholarship and science were warm, but her feelings toward Princeton University were bitter.
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Marc A. Levy is an assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University in New Jersey.
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Bohm took a position as assistant professor at Princeton University in 1947.
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Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.
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Jeffrey Herbst is an assistant professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University.
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Alan B. Krueger is Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Princeton University.
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The observer, Professor Richard A. Falk of Princeton University, commented adversely on the treatment of the thirty-seven defendants.
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Two years ago, Chan Sethi moved from Toronto to New Jersey to attend Princeton University.
Synonyms
A private university in New Jersey known for strong research and teaching
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a place name (Princeton) + the noun 'university' denotes the university located in or named after Princeton. This naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and non-idiomatic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Princeton University gets its name from the town of Princeton in New Jersey, because the school began as a small college there and later took the town's name when it grew into a 'university'. That's why Princeton University now means the well-known and respected 'university' located in that town.