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If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political.
Stephen Bayley

Meaning of "Britain" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRITAIN

Britain  [ˈbrɪtən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRITAIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Britain is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRITAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Britain

Britain usually refers to either: ▪ United Kingdom, a sovereign state in north-west Europe ▪ Great Britain, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe Britain may also refer to: ▪ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1927 ▪ Kingdom of Great Britain, a sovereign state from 1707 to 1800 ▪ Britain, the place name Britain and its toponymy ▪ Great Britain at the Olympics, the Olympic team of the United Kingdom ▪ Roman Britain, a province of the Roman Empire from 43 to 409...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRITAIN


Brighton
ˈbraɪtən
Briton
ˈbrɪtən
Britten
ˈbrɪtən
Dayton
ˈdeɪtən
ghostwritten
ˈɡəʊstˌrɪtən
handwritten
ˈhændˌrɪtən
kitten
ˈkɪtən
laten
ˈleɪtən
metropolitan
ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən
outwritten
ˌaʊtˈrɪtən
overwritten
ˌəʊvəˈrɪtən
puritan
ˈpjʊərɪtən
Samaritan
səˈmærɪtən
securitan
sɪˈkjʊərɪtən
seiten
ˈsaɪtən
skywritten
ˈskaɪˌrɪtən
titan
ˈtaɪtən
typewritten
ˈtaɪpˌrɪtən
unwritten
ʌnˈrɪtən
written
ˈrɪtən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRITAIN

Brit Lit
brit milah
Britannia
Britannia coin
Britannia metal
Britannic
Britart
britches
brith
Briticism
British
British Airports Authority
British and Irish Lions
British Antarctic Territory
British Asian
British Association screw thread
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Cameroons
British Civil Airworthiness Requirements
British Columbia

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRITAIN

Battle of Britain
captain
certain
contain
curtain
entertain
fountain
Great Britain
huitain
mainland Britain
maintain
Maritain
mountain
New Britain
obtain
retain
stain
sustain
Tate Britain
the Battle of Britain

Synonyms and antonyms of Britain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BRITAIN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «Britain» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of Britain

Translation of «Britain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRITAIN

Find out the translation of Britain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Britain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Britain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

英国
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Gran Bretaña
570 millions of speakers

English

Britain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रिटेन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بَريطانِيَا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Британия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Grã-Bretanha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রিটেন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Grande-Bretagne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Britain
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Großbritannien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

英国
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영국
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inggris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Vương Quốc Anh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிட்டன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिटन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Britanya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Gran Bretagna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Brytania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Велика Британія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Britania
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Βρετανία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Brittanje
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Storbritannien
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Storbritannia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Britain

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITAIN»

The term «Britain» is very widely used and occupies the 5.503 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Britain» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Britain
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Britain».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITAIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Britain» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Britain» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Britain

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «BRITAIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Britain.
1
Roger Bannister
There were only 170 neurologists in Britain then and, whether spoken or unspoken, there was this insidious feeling. How can Bannister, a mere athlete, probably spoilt by all the publicity and fame, dare aspire to neurology? But I'd done a lot of research, and my academic record was very good.
2
Jose Manuel Barroso
I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.
3
Stephen Bayley
If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political.
4
Ahmed Ben Bella
Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.
5
Tony Benn
Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.
6
George Blagden
The Vikings colonized Britain, and a lot of our modern day towns are named after Viking names that settled these big towns.
7
Gordon Brown
Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.
8
Vince Cable
Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.
9
David Cameron
I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.
10
Barbara Castle
Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRITAIN»

Discover the use of Britain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Britain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Britain
It provides a wide range of information about the nation's spheres of activity, including economic activity, the environment, social & cultural affairs, & more. "The amount of factual information crammed into each chapter is staggering.
Great Britain. Central Office of Information, Great Britain. Office for National Statistics, 1999
2
A History of Modern Britain
It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification.
Andrew Marr, 2009
3
Food Culture in Great Britain
Presents an overview of the role of cuisine in English culture, including a food history, ingredients, cooking techniques, regional differences, and food for celebrations.
Laura Mason, 2004
4
The Break-up of Britain: Crisis and Neo-nationalism
In this 25th anniversary edition, Tom Nairn reviews the arguments of his classic study and expands his thesis into the new millennium.
Tom Nairn, 2003
5
Housing in Urban Britain 1780-1914
This book reviews the recent arguments and guides the student of social history to further reading, making it an ideal introduction to a central issue in nineteenth-century history.
Richard Rodger, Economic History Society, 1995
6
Britain Begins
Barry Cunliffe's magisterial narrative is abetted by correspondingly high production values, and whilst complex ideas are explained with admirable clarity, making the book an ideal introduction to Britain's prehistory and early history, ...
Barry Cunliffe, 2013
7
Britain in the 19th Century
Covering all key aspects of European history, the Challenging History series provides a wealth of information from the fifteenth to the twentieth century.
Howard Martin, 1996
8
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
This is the first, and the only, comprehensive history of the book in England and Wales from the Norman Conquest until c.1400.
Nigel J. Morgan, Lotte Hellinga, Rodney M. Thomson, 2008
9
Brief History: Brief History of Great Britain
The central story of this volume is the development of the British kingdom, including its rise and decline on the world stage.
William E. Burns, 2009
10
Britain
In this book Alan Powers shows how beneath today’s achievements in architecture, past conflicts have not been resolved, as the country that invented industrial civilization has struggled to control its effect on cities and countryside.
Alan Powers, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRITAIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Britain is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Migrant dies in Channel Tunnel trying to reach Britain, say French …
A migrant died on Tuesday trying to reach Britain through the Channel Tunnel, French authorities in the Pas-de-Calais region have confirmed. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Britain pays tribute to 7/7 victims 10 years after London bombings
Prime Minister David Cameron led sombre tributes on Tuesday as Britain commemorated the 10th anniversary of attacks that killed 56 people ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
9 facts about bonkers Britain
You probably know that the highest point in Britain is Ben Nevis at 4,406ft, but were you aware that England is 74 times smaller than the USA? «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
4
7/7 anniversary: Britain should charter flight to take wannabe …
Britain should lay on charter flights to take wannabe British jihadists to Syria so they don't fester here, a former counter-terrorism police chief ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Britain prepared to fly millions of Euros to Greece
Britain is prepared to fly millions of euros to Greece to help stranded holidaymakers if cash machines run out of money, George Osborne has ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Britain marks 10th anniversary of London bombings
Ten years on, Britain is remembering the horrific attacks still etched on many British minds, when four bombs ripped through the London ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
7/7 bombing anniversary: 10 years on, is Britain now at greater …
Britain is at a greater threat from terror attack now than it was at the time of the 7/7 bombings a decade ago, according to an expert from a ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
8
FGM app launches in Britain as school holiday danger zone nears
Britain's first FGM app, "Petals", presents facts and information about the practice, offers a quiz to test the user's knowledge and provides details ... «Reuters UK, Jul 15»
9
Britain depends increasingly on services sector to drive growth - BCC
LONDON Britain was more heavily dependent on services companies to drive its economy during the second quarter as manufacturing growth ... «Reuters UK, Jul 15»
10
Britain marks 10th anniversary of 7/7 London bombings
This video also appears in: Britain remembers 7/7 victims 10 years after London bombings · July 7, 2015Four British Muslims killed 56 people on three tubes and ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

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