brexit — ozdic

Definitions

name

1

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Unless a clear view is pushed that Britain must lead in Europe at the very least to achieve the completion of the single market then the portmanteau for Greek euro exit might be followed by another sad word, Brexit.

The business community began to take the idea of Brexit seriously. Three major American banks, the Bank of America, Citibank and Morgan Stanley, revealed they were working on contingency plans to relocate from London to Dublin […]

verb

1

To exit the European Union.

Brexiting the EU, not leaving Europe

[Nigel] Farage recalls: What was clear from that polling was that in June 2015 the most trusted person in the country on whether to Brexit or not to Brexit was David Cameron.

2

To exit, to leave (e.g. a romantic relationship).

Collocations

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ADJ.

against, dead, good, known, long, major, many, prime

VERB + BREXIT

back, campaign, declared, means, promoted, protest, voted, won

BREXIT + NOUN

agreement, cameron, david, fatigue, member, number, period, refers

PREP.

after, in, on, out, without

ADV.

popularly, seriously

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Unless a clear view is pushed that Britain must lead in Europe at the very least to achieve the completion of the single market then the portmanteau for Greek euro exit might be followed by another sa

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The business community began to take the idea of Brexit seriously. Three major American banks, the Bank of America, Citibank and Morgan Stanley, revealed they were working on contingency plans to relo

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03

David Cameron has resigned as Prime Minister after Britain voted to leave the European Union. It followed a turbulent night with Remain campaigners quietly confident until the early hours when results

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Brexiting the EU, not leaving Europe

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[Nigel] Farage recalls: What was clear from that polling was that in June 2015 the most trusted person in the country on whether to Brexit or not to Brexit was David Cameron.

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Parisiens I had talked to were universally disgusted: with David Cameron, for holding the vote; with the British, for Brexiting; […]

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, brexit is marked as slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.