english

Of or pertaining to England.

During the war of 1914–18 the English working class were in contact with foreigners to an extent that is rarely possible. The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans, except the Germans, whose courage they admired.

English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.

Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.

Honest, honest, English is just a language of confusions.

Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen).

The Uſuwrper [...] within a few miles Tanna's Fort, near the Engliſh ſettlement of Fort William.

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.

an English ton

Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.

The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.

Cricket—a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.

The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.

The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.

Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.

Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.

A particular instance of the English language, including:

What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used?

A particular instance of the English language, including:

The specs are all correct, but the English in the instructions isn't as clear as it should be.

The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.

English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.

How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English?

A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.

I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English I spoke to my mother, which for lack of a better term might be described as “simple”; the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; my translation of her Chinese, which could certainly be described as “watered down”; and what I imagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure.

English language, literature, composition as a subject of study

An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.

A male or female given name.