Oxbridgenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɒks.brɪdʒ/us/ˈɑːks.brɪdʒ/UKthe universities of Oxford and Cambridge, considered as a unit separate from other universities in Britain:
Many members of the British government went to Oxbridge (= a college at either Oxford or Cambridge).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- academic
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- summa cum laude
- varsity
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Oxbridgeadjective
uk/ˈɒks.brɪdʒ/us/ˈɑːks.brɪdʒ/belonging or relating to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge:
She's an Oxbridge student.
He's very Oxbridge in his manner (= behaves as if he went to a college in Oxford or Cambridge).
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
University & college education
- academe
- academia
- academic
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- summa cum laude
- varsity
See more results »