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brit
/bɹɪt/
noun 6verb 4name 3adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
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
Definitions
noun
1
A British person.
2
A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.
adj
1
Abbreviation of British.
name
1
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; […]
2
Abbreviation of British English.
3
A short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay; in full, the River Brit.
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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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