brit

UK /bɹɪt/ US /bɹɪt/

noun 6verb 4name 3adj 1

Definitions

noun

A British person.

A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.

adj

Abbreviation of British.

name

Abbreviation of Britain.

If Brit joins Common Market . . .; terms for Brit's entry agreed upon, U S will face new econ, political, defense problems when Brit joins EEC; […]

Worked extensively in Brit and USA on behaviour of biol fluids, particularly blood, also lectured in Brit, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Can, USA, 1960s; […]

Abbreviation of British English.

A short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay; in full, the River Brit.

Collocations

ADJ.

common, eternal, express, ital, special

VERB + BRIT

lectured, worked

BRIT + NOUN

covenant, eec, france, germany, god, japan, sweden, usa

PREP.

between, in, on

ADV.

also, extensively

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — minute crustaceans forming food for right whales

britt

noun — the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish

britt

noun — a native or inhabitant of Great Britain

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

If Brit joins Common Market . . .; terms for Brit's entry agreed upon, U S will face new econ, political, defense problems when Brit joins EEC; […]

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Worked extensively in Brit and USA on behaviour of biol fluids, particularly blood, also lectured in Brit, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Can, USA, 1960s; […]

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34 EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT (TCF, Dec) Irving Cummings; genre: Drama; locations: Switzerland, Brit, France; coding: Ital, Pol, Jew, Ger, US-Brit Coop, For Corr, Nazi, Atroc-Conc, Pacifism, Ref, Bri

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The edges of these bones are fringed with hairy fibres, through which the Right Whale strains the water, and in whose intricacies he retains the small fish, when openmouthed he goes through the seas o

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The second theocentric approach to observance stresses the partnership of God and man. The Torah and the mitzvot express the eternal brit or covenant made between God and the Jewish people.

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There is a special brit between God and the Families-of-Israel. The Torah is the story of that brit

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, brit is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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