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Cambridge Semantics is a privately held company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with an office in San Diego, California. The company is an enterprise
Cambridge_Semantics
Subfield of linguistic semantics
Lexical semantics (also known as lexicosemantics), as a subfield of linguistic semantics, is the study of word meanings. It includes the study of how words
Lexical_semantics
Mathematical study of the meaning of programming languages
programming language theory, semantics is the rigorous mathematical logic study of the meaning of programming languages. Semantics assigns computational meaning
Semantics (programming languages)
Semantics_(programming_languages)
Study of meaning in language
Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning. It examines what meaning is, how words get their meaning, and how the meaning of a complex expression depends
Semantics
Interaction between syntax and semantics
syntax–semantics interface is the interaction between syntax and semantics. Its study encompasses phenomena that pertain to both syntax and semantics, with
Syntax–semantics_interface
Study of the semantics, or interpretations, of formal and natural languages
In logic, the semantics or formal semantics is the study of the meaning and interpretation of formal languages, formal systems, and (idealizations of)
Semantics_(logic)
Formal study of linguistic meaning
Formal semantics is the scientific study of linguistic meaning through formal tools from logic and mathematics. It is an interdisciplinary field, sometimes
Formal semantics (natural language)
Formal_semantics_(natural_language)
Study of programming languages via mathematical objects
In computer science, denotational semantics (initially known as mathematical semantics or Scott–Strachey semantics) is an approach of formalizing the meanings
Denotational_semantics
Repository of data stored in a raw format
lake initiatives are successful. They quote Sean Martin, CTO of Cambridge Semantics: We see customers creating big data graveyards, dumping everything
Data_lake
Concept in situation theory
Situation semantics is a framework in formal semantics and situation theory in which the meanings of linguistic expressions are evaluated with respect
Situation_semantics
Philanthropy conception of meaning
things they intend, express, or signify". It is studied in the fields of semantics and philosophy of language. Meanings can be categorised in relation to
Meaning_(philosophy)
Phenomenon whereby language is used to discuss possible situations
R. (1994). Mood and modality. Cambridge Univ. Press. Second edition 2001. Saeed, John I. (2003). Sentence semantics 1: Situations: Modality and evidentiality
Modality_(semantics)
American multinational information technology
Woodie, Alex (2024-04-19). "Altair Bolsters Analytics Offering with Cambridge Semantics Buy". Datanami. Retrieved 2024-07-23. "Altair Buys Japan-Based KSK
Altair_Engineering
Database using graph structures for queries
purpose-built for analytics". CambridgeSemantics.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20. Rueter, John (15 February 2018). "Cambridge Semantics announces AnzoGraph graph-based
Graph_database
Linguistic concept
In lexical semantics, opposites are words lying in an inherently incompatible binary relationship. For example, something that is even entails that it
Opposite
Meaning represented by natural language
Computational semantics is a subfield of computational linguistics. Its goal is to elucidate the cognitive mechanisms supporting the generation and interpretation
Computational_semantics
Linguistic school of thought
Structural semantics (also structuralist semantics) is a linguistic school and paradigm that emerged in Europe from the 1930s, inspired by the structuralist
Structural_semantics
Conceptual semantics is a framework for semantic analysis developed mainly by Ray Jackendoff in 1976. Its aim is to provide a characterization of the
Conceptual_semantics
Formal semantics for non-classical logic systems
Kripke semantics (also known as relational semantics or frame semantics, and often confused with possible world semantics) is a formal semantics for non-classical
Kripke_semantics
Field of linguistics
Distributional semantics is a research area that develops and studies theories and methods for quantifying and categorizing semantic similarities between
Distributional_semantics
Research program in theoretical linguistics
Generative semantics was a research program in theoretical linguistics which held that syntactic structures are computed on the basis of meanings rather
Generative_semantics
Language for controlling a computer
not require code execution. Semantics refers to the meaning of content that conforms to a language's syntax. Static semantics defines restrictions on the
Programming_language
Processing mode
Analytics". Datanami. December 7, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2018. "Cambridge Semantics Announces AnzoGraph Support for Amazon Neptune and Graph Databases"
Online_analytical_processing
Book by Sir John Lyons
Katherine (November 1979). "John Lyons on Semantics: Lyons, J. Semantics Vols. 1 and 2. London: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Vol. 1 pp. 371, £12
Semantics_(Lyons_book)
Semantic object to which an operator applies
In formal semantics, the scope of a semantic operator is the semantic object to which it applies. For instance, in the sentence "Paulina doesn't drink
Scope_(formal_semantics)
Aspect of information processing
on Graph Computing. Sequeda, Juan (2011). "SPARQL Nuts & Bolts". Cambridge Semantics. Freitas, Andre (2012). "Querying Heterogeneous Datasets on the Linked
Semantic_query
Fundamental unit of cognition
2024-02-04. Taylor, John R. (2017). "Lexical Semantics". The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-54420-8
Concept
First-person plural personal pronoun in English
person of high office, such as a monarch, earl, or pope. It has singular semantics.[further explanation needed] The editorial we is a similar phenomenon
We
Principle in linguistics about meaning
In semantics, mathematical logic and related disciplines, the principle of compositionality (also known as semantic compositionalism) is the principle
Principle_of_compositionality
World Wide Web Consortium standard
SHACL is supported by most RDF Graph technology vendors including Cambridge Semantics (Anzo), eccenca Corporate Memory, Franz (AllegroGraph), Data Treehouse
SHACL
British linguist (1932–2020)
FBA (23 May 1932 – 12 March 2020) was a British linguist, working on semantics. John Lyons was born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire (now in Trafford)
John_Lyons_(linguist)
Branch of logic using category theory to study mathematical structures
Categories (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-64396-2. Seminal papers Lawvere, F.W. (November 1963). "Functorial Semantics of Algebraic Theories"
Categorical_logic
Syntax-semantics interface
Glue semantics, or simply Glue (Dalrymple et al. 1993; Dalrymple 1999, 2001), is a linguistic theory of semantic composition and the syntax–semantics interface
Glue_semantics
Type of formal logic
read as "necessarily P {\displaystyle P} ". In the standard relational semantics for modal logic, formulas are assigned truth values relative to a possible
Modal_logic
Truth-based approach to semantics
Truth-conditional semantics is an approach to semantics of natural language that sees meaning (or at least the meaning of assertions) as being the same
Truth-conditional_semantics
Scientific study of language
linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds and
Linguistics
Request for information
resolved in discourse. In approaches to formal semantics such as alternative semantics or inquisitive semantics, questions are regarded as the denotations
Question
Book by Sir John Lyons
Akman, Varol (March 1997). "John Lyons, Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN 0 521 43877 2 (paperback)
Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction
Linguistic_Semantics:_An_Introduction
Sentence that resists simple formalization
In semantics, a donkey sentence is a sentence containing a pronoun which is semantically bound but syntactically free. They are a classic puzzle in formal
Donkey_sentence
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
richest families. From 1911 to 1913, he studied at the University of Cambridge under Bertrand Russell, and interacted closely with others including John
Ludwig_Wittgenstein
Academic journal
important venues in formal semantics, alongside Natural Language Semantics, Linguistics and Philosophy, and the Journal of Semantics. It was established by
Semantics_and_Pragmatics
Irish computer scientist
contributed especially to concurrency, process calculi and programming language semantics. During 1976–77, Matthew Hennessy was an assistant professor at the University
Matthew_Hennessy
American logician (born 1932)
Strachey in the 1970s laid the foundations of modern approaches to the semantics of programming languages. He has also worked on modal logic, topology
Dana_Scott
The semantics of type theory involves several closely related kinds of models, which are constructed and studied in order to justify axioms and new type
Semantics_of_type_theory
Processing of natural language by a computer
operationalization of generative grammar), morphology (e.g., two-level morphology), semantics (e.g., Lesk algorithm), reference (e.g., within Centering Theory) and
Natural_language_processing
Topic in the field of cognitive linguistics
Cognitive semantics is part of the cognitive linguistics movement. Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning. Cognitive semantics holds that language
Cognitive_semantics
Subfield of computational linguistics and natural language processing
In linguistics, statistical semantics applies the methods of statistics to the problem of determining the meaning of words or phrases, ideally through
Statistical_semantics
Formal system of logic
additional quantifiers and, sometimes, stronger semantics. Higher-order logics with their standard semantics are more expressive, but their model-theoretic
Higher-order_logic
Concept of philosophy and logic used to express modal claims
formal device in logic, philosophy, and linguistics in order to provide a semantics for intensional and modal logic. Their metaphysical status has been a
Possible_world
Bedford/St. Martin's. ISBN 978-0-312-55528-3. Palmer, Frank R. (1981). Semantics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 0-521-28376-0. v t e
Semantic_feature
American philosopher and logician (1940–2022)
now-standard Kripke semantics (also known as relational semantics or frame semantics) for modal logics. Kripke semantics is a formal semantics for non-classical
Saul_Kripke
Branch of computer science
to describe the semantics or "meaning" of a computer program are denotational semantics, operational semantics and axiomatic semantics. Type theory is
Programming_language_theory
British linguist (1936–2014)
were English grammar, corpus linguistics, stylistics, pragmatics, and semantics. Leech was born in Gloucester, England on 16 January 1936. He was educated
Geoffrey_Leech
Conditionals that discuss what would have been if things were otherwise
Aloni, Maria; Dekker, Paul (eds.). Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics. Cambridge University Press. p. 515. ISBN 978-1-107-02839-5. Anderson, Alan
Counterfactual_conditional
Theory of categorization in psychology
incompatibility (help) Gärdenfors, Peter. Geometry of meaning : semantics based on conceptual spaces. Cambridge, Massachusetts. ISBN 0-262-31958-6. OCLC 881289030
Prototype_theory
Derogatory or discriminating term
'The Semantics of Racial Slurs'". Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations. Vol. 13, no. 1. pp. 11–32. Croom, Adam M. (January 2014). "The Semantics of
Pejorative
Literal meaning of an expression
word's denotation. Denotation plays a major role in several fields. Within semantics and philosophy of language, denotation is studied as an important aspect
Denotation
British computer scientist (1916–1975)
programming language design, he was one of the founders of denotational semantics and computer time-sharing. He coined several terms that are widely used
Christopher_Strachey
Bearer of truth values
associated with propositions, such as the liar paradox. Possible worlds semantics proposes a reductive realism that analyzes propositions as sets of possible
Proposition
British computer scientist
concurrency theory, interaction categories and geometry of interaction, game semantics and quantum computing. Notably, he co-pioneered categorical quantum mechanics
Samson_Abramsky
British linguist
woman appointed to professorship at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of Default Semantics, a theory of discourse meaning. Kasia Jaszczolt was
Katarzyna_Jaszczolt
American linguist and philosopher (born 1945)
Press. pp. 248. ISBN 0-262-10018-5. Jackendoff, Ray (1983). Semantics and Cognition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. pp. 283. ISBN 0-262-10027-4. Lerdahl
Ray_Jackendoff
Branch of linguistics and semiotics relating context to meaning
logic of scales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 10. Kroeger, Paul R. (2019). Analyzing meaning: An introduction to semantics and pragmatics.
Pragmatics
1921 philosophical work by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics". The Institute of General Semantics Store. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Tractatus_Logico-Philosophicus
1947 book by Rudolf Carnap
Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic (1947; enlarged edition 1956) is a book about semantics and modal logic by the philosopher
Meaning_and_Necessity
Utterance that serves a performative function
Philosophy of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Gibbon, Dafydd (1981). "A New Look at Intonation Syntax and Semantics". In James, A. R.; Westney
Speech_act
Academic journal
Natural Language Semantics (NLS) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering formal semantics and its interfaces in grammar, especially in
Natural_Language_Semantics
Approach to natural language semantics
Montague grammar is an approach to natural language semantics, named after American logician Richard Montague. The Montague grammar is based on mathematical
Montague_grammar
Thought experiment on artificial intelligence
three: Programs don't have semantics. Programs have only syntax, and syntax is insufficient for semantics. Every mind has semantics. Therefore no programs
Chinese_room
German-American philosopher (1891–1970)
model-theoretic method of semantics. Rose Rand, another philosopher in the Vienna Circle, noted, "Carnap's conception of semantics starts from the basis given
Rudolf_Carnap
Statement that attaches a meaning to a term
Retrieved 2019-11-28. Lyons, John. "Semantics, vol. I." Cambridge: Cambridge (1977). p.158 and on. Dooly, Melinda. Semantics and Pragmatics of English: Teaching
Definition
Condition for a mathematical function to map some value to itself
In denotational semantics of programming languages, a special case of the Knaster–Tarski theorem is used to establish the semantics of recursive definitions
Fixed-point_theorem
Basic unit of narrative structure
by Henri Wittmann, the narreme is to narratology what the sememe is to semantics, the morpheme is to morphology and the phoneme to phonology. The narreme
Narreme
Concept in linguistics
Meaning. Cambridge: Cambridge Textbooks in Semantics. pp. 31–40. Sauerland, U (2007). Presupposition and Implicature in Compositional Semantics. Pelgrave
Linguistic_entailment
Type of linguistic modality
Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-08-035943-4. Lyons, John. 1977. Semantics, volume 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Maché, Jakob 2013: On Black Magic --
Epistemic_modality
Computational application of concept approximation
support effective implementation in digital computers. Computational semantics Natural language processing Semantic analytics Semantic analysis (machine
Semantic analysis (computational)
Semantic_analysis_(computational)
1953 work by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Logico-Philosophicus. The Blue and Brown Books, a set of notes dictated to his class at Cambridge in 1933–1934, contain the seeds of Wittgenstein's later thoughts on language
Philosophical_Investigations
Way in which information is formally packaged within a sentence
to the presence of alternatives (see Focus (linguistics) § Alternative semantics). An alternative theory of focus would account for the stress pattern
Information_structure
Linguistic discipline studying words
The subfield of semantics that pertains especially to lexicological work is called lexical semantics. In brief, lexical semantics contemplates the significance
Lexicology
Neighborhood semantics, also known as Scott–Montague semantics, is a formal semantics for modal logics. It is a generalization, developed independently
Neighborhood_semantics
American philosopher (1917–2003)
Davidson's Truth-Theoretic Semantics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007. Ludwig, Kirk (ed.). Donald Davidson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2003
Donald_Davidson_(philosopher)
Type of linguistic element
"Modification". In Aloni, Maria; Dekker, Paul (eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 442–464. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139236157
Subsective_modifier
Words and contextual actions which provide a complete meaning
logic Linguistics Pragmatics Rhetoric Scholasticism School of Names Semantics Formal semantics General semantics Semiotics Category Task Force Discussion
Language_game_(philosophy)
American linguist
paradigms | Semantics and pragmatics". Cambridge University Press. "Key Terms in Semantics". Bloomsbury Publishing. "Lexical meaning | Semantics and pragmatics"
Lynne_Murphy
One or more words used to refer to something
Retrieved 16 October 2020. Roberts, Michael (2017). "The Semantics of Demonyms in English". The Semantics of Nouns. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 205–220
Name
Sentence expressing an 'if-then' relation
"Conditionals". In Aloni, Maria; Dekker, Paul (eds.). Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics. Cambridge University Press. p. 515. ISBN 978-1-107-02839-5.
Conditional_sentence
Research tradition in linguistics
The art and craft of semantics: A Festschrift for Irene Heim. Chomsky, Noam. 1965. Aspects of the theory of syntax. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press
Generative_grammar
Linguistic methodology
also converted into relatively invariant meanings in semantic analysis. Semantics, although related to pragmatics, is distinct in that the former deals
Semantic analysis (linguistics)
Semantic_analysis_(linguistics)
Type of logical system
semantics. What follows is a description of the standard or Tarskian semantics for first-order logic. (It is also possible to define game semantics for
First-order_logic
Hypothesis of language influencing thought
"The Semiotic Aspect of Alfred Korzybski's General Semantics" (PDF). ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 1. 40 (1). JSTOR: 16–21. doi:10.5840/cpsem19828
Linguistic_relativity
Grammar model
Syntax‐semantics interface Foley, William A.; & Robert D. Van Valin, Jr (1984). Functional syntax and universal grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Role_and_reference_grammar
System of resource-aware logic
logic have been influential in fields such as programming languages, game semantics, and quantum physics (because linear logic can be seen as the logic of
Linear_logic
British philosopher of language (1913–1988)
Jonathan (1976). Linguistic Behaviour. Cambridge University Press. Borg, Emma (2006). "Intention-Based Semantics," The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of
Paul_Grice
Linguistic theory giving noun phrases semantic roles
potential in explaining the relationship between syntax and semantics (also known as the syntax-semantics interface), that is, how meaning affects the surface
Thematic_relation
Linguistic theory of semantic description
language and culture. Key areas of research include lexical semantics, grammatical semantics, phraseology and pragmatics, as well as cross-cultural communication
Natural_semantic_metalanguage
Basic elements of language
grammatical paradigms like inflection, different from word-forms; within semantics as the smallest and relatively independent carrier of meaning in a lexicon;
Word
hierarchically ordered strata (such as phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics). This notion can be traced back to Saussure's dichotomy between signified
Stratification_(linguistics)
British analytic philosopher (1919–2001)
Somerville College, Oxford, and a professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Anscombe was a student of Ludwig Wittgenstein and became an authority
G._E._M._Anscombe
Term used to model separate circumstances that cannot exist together
logic, and semantics. They have been around since the advent of possible world semantics for modal logic, as well as world based semantics for non-classical
Impossible_world
New Zealand philosopher and logician (1939–2024)
Cresswell's research deals with the philosophy of logic, modal logic and formal semantics. He has also published on ancient Greek philosophy, on the logic of the
Max_Cresswell
CAMBRIDGE SEMANTICS
CAMBRIDGE SEMANTICS
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + gē ‘district’.Probably also an Americanized form of German Eley.Nathaniel Ely was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Clark.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Nicholas Clarke was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Ashbridge.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Olmstead.James Olmsted was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cambridge)
English (Cambridge) : unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. There are two places in England called Warland, in Durham and West Yorkshire, but the distribution of the modern surname suggests that a different souce is most probably involved.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name, from a reduced form of the Oxfordshire place name Ambrosden, which is composed of an Old English personal name Ambre + Old English dūn ‘hill’.Isaac Amsden was in Plymouth Colony in 1647; he died in Cambridge, MA, in 1659.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry V' Earl of Cambridge, a conspirator against the King.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Nicholas Wyeth emigrated from Suffolk, England to Cambridge, MA, before 1645. John Wyeth (1770–1858) was born in Cambridge and became a prominent publisher and editor in Harrisburg, PA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places in East Yorkshire and Cumbria named Brigham, from Old English brycg ‘bridge’ + hÄm ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.Thomas Brigham (c. 1603–53) came from London to Cambridge, MA, in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Cambridge, Hereford, and Suffolk named from Old English ēg, a term denoting low-lying land, an island or promontory, or an area of dry land in a marsh.
Surname or Lastname
English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : habitational name, probably from Wool Bridge in East Stoke, Dorset.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced form of McCambridge.English : habitational name for someone from either of two places called Cambridge: one in Gloucestershire, the other in Cambridgeshire (the university city). Until the late 14th century the latter was known as Cantebrigie ‘bridge on the (river) Granta’, from a Celtic river name meaning ‘marshy river’. Under Norman influence Granta- became Cam-. It seems likely, therefore, that the surname derives mainly from the much smaller place in Gloucestershire, recorded as Cambrigga (1200–10), and named for the Cam, a Celtic river name meaning ‘crooked’, ‘winding’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Allen, established in New England in the 17th century.Matthew Allyn was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Wadsworth near Halifax, West Yorkshire, named with the Old English personal name Wæddi + worð ‘enclosure’.William Wadsworth came from England to Cambridge, MA, in 1632, and in 1636 accompanied Thomas Hooker as one of the founders of Hartford, CT.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Whitemore.Thomas Whittemore came from England to Charlestown, MA, in or about 1639. Amos Whittemore, born in Cambridge, MA, in 1759 was an inventor and gunsmith, and another Thomas Whittemore was born in Boston in 1800; he was a Universalist clergyman and MA legislator.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a habitational name from Kitcham in Devon, but more likely a reduced form of Kitchenham, a habitational name from a place so named in East Sussex.Edward Ketcham (d. 1655) immigrated from Cambridge, England, to Massachusetts Bay Colony in about 1629–30, and subsequently moved to Stratford, CT.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Corbridge in Northumberland, named in late Old English as Corebricg ‘bridge near Corchester’, from a shortened form of Corstopitum, the Celtic name of Corchester + Old English brycg ‘bridge’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of numerous places named Westwood, from Old English west ‘west’ + wudu ‘wood’.William Westwood was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Welshman's Bridge
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Thomas Woolson, from England, settled in Cambridge, MA, before 1660.
CAMBRIDGE SEMANTICS
CAMBRIDGE SEMANTICS
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Peaceful
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Brilliant
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, Latin
Friend of the Heart
Male
Croatian
, sound of peace.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Goddess Lakshmi
Girl/Female
Hindu
Female
Welsh
Variant spelling of Welsh Enid, ENIT means "soul."
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Nectar
Boy/Male
Tamil
Of extra ordinary size
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Enlightens.
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n.
A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.
a.
To epitomize; to abridge.
v. t.
See Abridge.
v. t.
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.
n.
A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.
n.
The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England.
v. t.
To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
n.
A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.
v. t.
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
n.
A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.
n.
A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
n.
A cartridge box.
n.
The tied end of a cartridge.
n.
The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
imp. & p. p.
of Abridge
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Abridge
n.
A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge.
n.
A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge.
n.
A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.