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a1 |
the first letter of the English alphabet. [1/6 definitions] |
American |
the English language as it is spoken and written in the United States. [1/5 definitions] |
American English |
the English language as spoken and written in the United States. |
Americanism |
a word, phrase, or usage originating in, characteristic of, or peculiar to American English. [1/3 definitions] |
Anglicism |
(often l.c.) a word, idiom, or feature of the English language, esp. British English, borrowed by another language; Briticism. [2 definitions] |
Anglicize |
(often l.c.) to change or conform to that which is English in style, manner, pronunciation, or the like. |
Anglo- |
English. [1/2 definitions] |
Anglo-American |
of, pertaining to, or involving both England and America or English and American people. [2 definitions] |
Anglomania |
a greatly exaggerated attachment to or imitation of English manners, habits, institutions, and the like. |
Anglophile |
one who is a great admirer of England and of most things that are English. |
Anglophobe |
one who strongly dislikes or fears England and most things that are English. |
Anglo-Saxon |
a person whose nationality, ancestry, or native language is English. [3/5 definitions] |
anti-English |
combined form of English. |
art. |
abbreviation of "article," in English grammar, the words "a," "an," and "the," which are used with nouns and act to limit the nouns' applications. (See "definite article," "indefinite article.") |
article |
in grammar, the words "a," "an," and "the" as well as words equivalent to these in languages other than English, which are used with nouns and act to limit the nouns' applications. (See "definite article," "indefinite article.") [1/4 definitions] |
ASCII |
abbreviation of "American Standard Code for Information Interchange," originally, a standard code using numbers to represent characters used in writing English, allowing textual data to be transferred between computers. ASCII has been expanded to allow character sets from other languages to be similarly encoded. |
aspirate |
in phonetics, a speech sound pronounced with an audible release or rush of air, such as the initial "h," "t," "p," or "k" sounds in English. [1/5 definitions] |
assize |
(usu. pl.) a legislative or court session, esp. English and Welsh circuit court sessions. [1/4 definitions] |
auld lang syne |
(cap.) a Scottish song traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve in many English-speaking countries. The contemporary melody is also popular in many other countries but may be sung on different occasions and with different lyrics. [1/2 definitions] |
Authorized Version |
the English translation of the Bible authorized by King James I and published in England in 1611; King James Bible. |
b |
the second letter of the English alphabet. [1/5 definitions] |
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