y

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/ˈwaɪ/

noun 7character 3name 2adv 1particle 1

Collocations

ADJ.

bad, good, great, last, most, nice, pronounced

VERB + Y

called, end, fly, follow, happens, pivot, returning, shifts

Y + NOUN

4x, amstel, axis, backup, chromosome, day, deyrnas, ones

PREP.

around, from, in, in, on, with, with

ADV.

anywhere, probably

Definitions

character

The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.

noun

Abbreviation of year.

Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion of Y8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly.

Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.

adv

Abbreviation of why.

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Synonyms

noun — the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

noun — a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth mine

yttrium

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion of Y8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly.

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He had sat next to Cindy returning from the Y and smelled the chlorine on her. A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.

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Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. Ave. “Y” where great thinkers

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When a 50ish woman at my Y learned that I was about to turn 80, she exclaimed, “80 is the new 60, and you set a great example for the rest of us!”

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Amsterdam, Hol. fortif. on the gulf Y and the Amstel river, 27,000 ho. in the town, nearly as many in the suburbs; 210,000 inh. 1000 rp. 50,000 lm. 6000 sailors; well built, many canals, ground very d

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, y is marked as slang, informal, obsolete, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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