Definitions for Harvard
ˈhɑr vərdHar·vard

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1. Harvard University, Harvard(noun)

   a university in Massachusetts

2. Harvard, John Harvard(noun)

   American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)

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1. Harvard(ProperNoun)

   Any of a number of places named for persons with the surname, including a city in Massachusetts.

   Etymology: Patronymic surname from a variant of Hereward.

2. Harvard(ProperNoun)

   A university in Cambridge, MA named after John Harvard, American clergyman and philanthropist.

   Etymology: Patronymic surname from a variant of Hereward.

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1. Harvard

   Harvard is a station on the Red Line of the MBTA subway system in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The third-busiest MBTA subway station, Harvard saw 21,868 entries each weekday in 2010, with only Downtown Crossing and South Station being busier. It is also an important transfer point, with subway, bus, and trackless trolley service all connecting to the station.

How to pronounce Harvard?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harvard in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harvard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Harvard in a Sentence

1. Mark Smith:

   It's easier to get into MIT and Harvard than it is to get enrolled as one of our donors, a lot of our donors are pretty excited to take something they do every day otherwise and save people's lives with it.

2. Aaron Henricks:

   I don’t think that’s the place of any Harvard employee to tell students the right way to think about the Syrian refugee crisis.

3. John Updike:

   Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.

4. Judith Toensing:

   I have high expectations of all my students, so to hear that Christin Gilmer had achieved this goal did not surprise me in the least, i feel honored that Harvard chose to tell Christin's story, Christin Gilmer journey, and that I was a small part of that journey.

5. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.

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