Explore Peterhouse through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Peterhouse in a sentence
Peterhouse meaning
Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Using Peterhouse
- The main meaning on this page is: Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Context around Peterhouse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Peterhouse
- In this selection, "peterhouse" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, left, court, college, cambridge and played stand out and add context to how "peterhouse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include entrance to peterhouse on trumpington and gray left peterhouse for pembroke. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "peterhouse" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with peterhouse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Old Court Peterhouse's Dining Hall Old Court lies beyond the Chapel cloisters. (13 words)
Peterhouse was the first college to be founded in the University of Cambridge. (13 words)
He is a graduate in history from Peterhouse, Cambridge, and a former Sunday Times science correspondent. (16 words)
Gray moved to Pembroke after the students at Peterhouse played a prank on him. citation Gray spent most of his life as a scholar in Cambridge, and only later in his life did he begin traveling again. (37 words)
Chapel Interior of the Chapel Viewed from the main entrance to Peterhouse on Trumpington Street, the altar end of the Chapel is the most immediately visible building. (27 words)
The Peterhouse Partbooks, music manuscripts from the early years of the Chapel, survive, and are one of the most important collections of Tudor and Jacobean church music. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
And then last year, the ex-Peterhouse College maestro — who can play at fullback, flyhalf, centre and sometimes wing — was named Zimbabwe’s new substantive captain.
He is a graduate in history from Peterhouse, Cambridge, and a former Sunday Times science correspondent.
According to college tradition, Thomas Gray left Peterhouse for Pembroke College after being the victim of a practical joke played by undergraduates.
Chapel Interior of the Chapel Viewed from the main entrance to Peterhouse on Trumpington Street, the altar end of the Chapel is the most immediately visible building.
Gray moved to Pembroke after the students at Peterhouse played a prank on him. citation Gray spent most of his life as a scholar in Cambridge, and only later in his life did he begin traveling again.
Old Court Peterhouse's Dining Hall Old Court lies beyond the Chapel cloisters.
Peterhouse was the first college to be founded in the University of Cambridge.
The Peterhouse Partbooks, music manuscripts from the early years of the Chapel, survive, and are one of the most important collections of Tudor and Jacobean church music.