Used in a Sentence

british

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for british.

Editorial note

For that matter, they've done entire episodes about how terrible the UK is at things, like the British Leyland cheap car challenge.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of british gathered in one view.

noun

The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.

noun

The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain.

noun

The Celtic language of the ancient Britons; Common Brittonic.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for british.

Example sentences

1

For that matter, they've done entire episodes about how terrible the UK is at things, like the British Leyland cheap car challenge.

2

If a white British person makes fun of white British people, that's obviously a different dynamic to a white British person making fun of people lower down the social pecking order.

3

This place was taken by the British at a time of French weakness, exploiting the chaos of the Napoleon's defeat.

4

It's also a direct consequence of how the British treated them when they were evicted.

5

The RBI Act, 1934, was proposed by the British as a ‘temporary measure’ [1].

6

The article mentions Sunday Assembly as an example of a British secular community.

7

In the 1970s, about 1100 people were forcibly removed after the British government took control of the island for the US naval base.

8

He makes fun of himself, his co-presenters and basically everything about the UK and British people constantly (especially when it comes to manufacturing).

9

I chose British and stuck to it, but here is an example of where I'm just taking it too far.

10

This seems a very common British trait, by the way.

11

The British government offered the publishers the power to control distribution (protected by the government) as long as the government gained control over what was being printed.

12

There are archaic British legal meanings of the word treachery which might parallel your distinction of Landesverrat and Hochverrat, I am not sure.

Quote examples

1

They were Irish, but the unionists agreed (along with Great Britain) that Ireland should be ruled by the King and be under British rule, and subsequently they all adopt the "British" sect of Christianity (Anglicanism).

2

We were unfamiliar with the peculiarities of British cars of that era, and it took us more than a few hours to notice and comprehend the words conveniently printed right there on the speedometer: "Positive Earth".

3

I'm also reminded of British architecture critic Reyner Banham's essay "The Great Gizmo" about examples of American technology that are meant for retrofitting and composition more than entirely new things.[2] The outboard motor, for example, as opposed to designing a new boat.

Proper noun examples

1

Interestingly, the anti-gay law in India (Article 377) is an 1860 law that was brought over by the British.

2

In fairness how far back do we apply this, should the Italians be censored for what the Romans did in the North of England, or the Mongols for what they did to most of Europe or the Spanish for what they did in South America or what we (the British) did to...well basically everybody.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use british in a sentence?

For that matter, they've done entire episodes about how terrible the UK is at things, like the British Leyland cheap car challenge.

What does british mean?

The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom.

What part of speech is british?

british is commonly used as noun, adjective.