Oxford is an English word with synonyms like city or metropolis. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Oxford in a sentence
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Oxford meaning
- A city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.
- Ellipsis of University of Oxford.
- An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.
Synonyms of Oxford
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Using Oxford
- The main meaning on this page is: A city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university. | Ellipsis of University of Oxford. | An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center, town.
- Possible Dutch translations are: oxford, ossenvoord.
- In the example corpus, oxford often appears in combinations such as: the oxford, oxford university, of oxford.
Context around Oxford
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 11 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oxford
- In this selection, "oxford" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, way, digital, army, mail, times and united stand out and add context to how "oxford" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the oxford star tabloid, based in oxford, oxford university, oxford street and oxford united. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oxford" sits close to words such as finishing, export and eve, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oxford
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Documents are also requested for Oxford's affiliates, presumably including Oxford Risk Management Group. (14 words)
A member of the Oxford Palestine Society said, “The students of Oxford stand with Palestine. (15 words)
The railway will be completely closed at Oxford so any onward journeys from Oxford will also be affected further. (19 words)
Joshua Sutcliffe – who taught at the Cherwell School in Oxford, and after that a school in London – has been accused by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) of not using a pupil's preferred pronoun while at a school in Oxford in 2017. (42 words)
Arsenal’s English striker Eddie Nketiah (R) celebrates after scoring his team second goal during the FA Cup third round football match between Oxford United and Arsenal at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, west of London, on January 9, 2023. (40 words)
It was around the time that the playground opened on Elmwood that Senator Sean Ryan was approached by a couple of members of the Oxford Square Block Club, who asked that the Oxford Square Community Lot get a similar treatment. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Popular local papers include The Oxford Times (compact; weekly), its sister papers the Oxford Mail (tabloid; daily) and the Oxford Star (tabloid; free and delivered), and Oxford Journal (tabloid; weekly free pick-up).
Oxford increasingly has a reputation for being a centre of digital innovation, as epitomized by Digital Oxford. citation Several startups including Passle, citation Brainomix, citation Labstep, citation and more, are based in Oxford.
A co-author of the study, Clara Wollburg, affiliated with the department of social policy and intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, told IPS, “13 out of the 17 studies were conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Arsenal’s English striker Eddie Nketiah (R) celebrates after scoring his team second goal during the FA Cup third round football match between Oxford United and Arsenal at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, west of London, on January 9, 2023.
Documents are also requested for Oxford's affiliates, presumably including Oxford Risk Management Group.
Indwell, United Way Oxford, Southwestern Public Health, the Salvation Army, Oxford County Community Health Centre and the Women’s Employment Resource Centre are among the agencies involved in the committee.
Joshua Sutcliffe – who taught at the Cherwell School in Oxford, and after that a school in London – has been accused by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) of not using a pupil's preferred pronoun while at a school in Oxford in 2017.
Much of the county is a short journey to a train station, where the trip to Oxford Parkway would make getting to Oxford games a doddle.
One witness told the Oxford Mail they saw a "strange pulsing sky out of our windows looking northwest of Oxford".
Oxford Athletic Director Roderick Stubbs offered her an interim coaching position to replace Judy Greer, who had recently retired from coaching men’s and women’s tennis at Oxford.
The railway will be completely closed at Oxford so any onward journeys from Oxford will also be affected further.
Ahead of Saturday’s clash with Oxford United, we caught up with from The Oxford Mail to get the lowdown on the U’s.
A member of the Oxford Palestine Society said, “The students of Oxford stand with Palestine.
A number of pictures are selected to feature in the Oxford Mail and in The Oxford Times and online.
Becki Bradshaw, Head of Revision at Oxford Education “The Oxford Revise team is dedicated to ensuring that every student can approach revision with confidence.
Councillor Nigel Chapman, cabinet member for citizen focused services, said: "The main way Oxford residents interact with Oxford City Council is via our website, so we want to make sure it works for everyone and on any device.
Independent Oxford Alliance (IOA) councillor David Henwood said: "It is really important that both the universities work with us and we work with the universities to get an outcome that’s right for Oxford.
It was around the time that the playground opened on Elmwood that Senator Sean Ryan was approached by a couple of members of the Oxford Square Block Club, who asked that the Oxford Square Community Lot get a similar treatment.
OXFORD, England — As protests over the war in Gaza continue to roil U.S. college campuses, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met her own opposition at England’s prestigious University of Oxford Thursday night.
Oxford University has moved to close down the pro Palestine student encampment in front of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.
Phrases with oxford
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with oxford
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the oxford 48×
- oxford university 40×
- of oxford 30×
- in oxford 29×
- at oxford 26×
- oxford oxford 22×
- oxford and 16×
- from oxford 10×
- oxford street 9×
- oxford united 8×