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In some senses, oxbridge is marked as informal, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
oxbridge
UK /ˈɒks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ US /ˈɑks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/
name 3adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, better, old
VERB + OXBRIDGE
felt, sent, shooting
OXBRIDGE + NOUN
class, she's, you'd
PREP.
from
ADV.
apart, mostly
Definitions
name
1
The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge collectively.
On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other memorials of youth, school, and home.
"Of course she is clever," said Mrs. Pope. "Or we shouldn't have sent her to Oxbridge. There she's doing quite well—quite well. Everyone says so. I don't know, of course, if Mr. Magnet will let her finish there."
adj
1
Of or related to Oxbridge.
The applicants are mostly Oxbridge, so you'd better watch out.
2
Evoking the idea of Oxbridge.
We ate a formal dinner at high table after the service. It all felt very Oxbridge.
name
1
A hamlet in Netherbury parish, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4797).
2
A suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4318).
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On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other
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"Of course she is clever," said Mrs. Pope. "Or we shouldn't have sent her to Oxbridge. There she's doing quite well—quite well. Everyone says so. I don't know, of course, if Mr. Magnet will let her fi
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In another, he says: “Why has the BBC allowed the format of this programme to treat all other universities in the UK apart from Oxbridge as second class?”
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The applicants are mostly Oxbridge, so you'd better watch out.
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We ate a formal dinner at high table after the service. It all felt very Oxbridge.
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