erasmus

[US]/iˈræzməs/
[UK]/ɪˈræzməs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a male given name, Erasmus.
Word Forms
Pluralerasmuss

Phrases & Collocations

Erasmus program

Erasmus scholarship

Erasmus student

Real-world Examples

In its pages, Erasmus advances a hugely liberating argument.

Source: The school of life

Erasmus, who came from Antioch, from Syria, chose this place to build his church, and he built a basilica.

Source: CNN Global Highlights English Selection

Famous philosopher Erasmus once called it “the most destructive of all diseases.”

Source: The story of origin

And yet it is hard not to feel, like Erasmus, that something has been lost.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands was the first to sequence its genome.

Source: The Economist - Technology

There's been some good news from Holland—that's where the World Happiness Database is—at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Source: 6 Minute English

" Erasmus was born out of wedlock" .

Source: The Growth of the Earth (Part 2)

The Erasmus Bridge is unique and imposing.

Source: Global Fun Guide

Theo Luider, of the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, and his colleagues think they have found one-but it works only in women.

Source: The Economist - Technology

The new camera has its own tiny electrical motor. Professor Ton van der Steen is the head of Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Erasmus Medical Center.

Source: VOA Standard April 2015 Collection

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