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HARVARD UNIVERSITY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Harvard University mean?

• HARVARD UNIVERSITY (noun)
The noun HARVARD UNIVERSITY has 1 sense:

1. a university in Massachusetts

Familiarity information: HARVARD UNIVERSITY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HARVARD UNIVERSITY (noun)

Sense 1

Harvard University ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A university in Massachusetts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Harvard; Harvard University

Instance hypernyms:

university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)

Holonyms ("Harvard University" is a part of...):

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

Holonyms ("Harvard University" is a member of...):

Ivy League (a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige)

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