Oxbridge

English <dab> Pronunciation en /ˈɒks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Oxbridge.wav Southern England en /ˈɑks.bɹɪd͡ʒ/ GA Etymology 1 en Oxford Cambridge. Proper noun en Universities en UK education The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge collectively. en Camford rare II III 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. 152 "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." en Matthew Weaver BBC rejects charge of elitist Oxbridge bias in University Challenge The Guardian 2023-03-26 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/26/bbc-rejects-charge-of-elitist-oxbridge-bias-in-university-challenge 0261-3077 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?” Coordinate terms en universities HYP HYPS HYPSM HYPSMC Ivy League red brick universities Derived terms en Doxbridge Loxbridge Oxbridger Oxbridgey Oxbridgian Translations Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 牛劍 niújiàn Adjective -,more en UK informal usually predicative en not comparable Of or related to Oxbridge. en The applicants are mostly Oxbridge, so you'd better watch out. en comparable Evoking the idea of Oxbridge. en We ate a formal dinner at high table after the service. It all felt very Oxbridge. Etymology 2 en Proper noun en hamlet par/Netherbury west co/Dorset co/England OS grid ref SY4797. en suburb town/Stockton-on-Tees co/County Durham cc/England OS grid ref NZ4318.