Definitions for British
ˈbrɪt ɪʃBritish

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. British, British people, Britsadjective

   the people of Great Britain

2. Britishadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture

   "his wife is British"

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Britishadjective

   Of Britain (meaning the British Isles)

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

2. Britishadjective

   Of the United Kingdom.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

3. Britishadjective

   Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

4. Britishadjective

   Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

5. Britishnoun

   With the, the citizens or inhabitants of Britain collectively.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

6. Britishnoun

   With the, the citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom collectively.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

7. Britishnoun

   The ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain, also called ancient Britons.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

8. Britishnoun

   The Celtic language of the ancient Britons

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

9. Britishnoun

   The British English language.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

Webster Dictionary(1.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Britishadjective

   of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants

2. British

   people of Great Britain

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'British' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #223

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'British' in Written Corpus Frequency: #610

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'British' in Adjectives Frequency: #16

How to pronounce British?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say British in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of British in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of British in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of British in a Sentence

1. Eugene Kaspersky:

   The North American top enterprise and government sector, they are not really loyal to any non-American products – it’s much harder to get to this sector for any non-American company, maybe except British companies, we’ve never had success in this sector in the United States. We are slowly trying to open the door. It’s hard but I think it’s possible.

2. Lawrence Yun:

   Now with the British pound much weaker, it will make it much more difficult for the British to buy just on the currency translation.

3. Michael Raymond-James:

   He was so much more involved than that. He was a major operative and a huge thorn in the British crown, sons of Liberty.

4. Simon Lewis:

   The key to the change has been anticipating what's coming next, the lesson of these last 20, 30 years has been for the institution always to be slightly ahead perhaps of where the British people are.

5. Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara:

   There are concerns about lessening the impact of the British referendum on Japan's small- and medium-sized companies, taking steps to provide liquidity to small firms could be a big factor in economic stimulus steps that we compile.

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