Specialist dictionary

British and American usage

Regional spelling, grammar and usage differences in major varieties of English.

Core vocabulary

39 featured terms

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Accentnoun

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong…

Americanadjective

of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American drea…

Americannoun

the English language as used in the United States

American Englishnoun

the English language as used in the United States

American languagenoun

the English language as used in the United States

Australianadjective

of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages; "Australian deserts"; "Australian aborigines"

Britishadjective

of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture; "his wife is British"

British Englishnoun

English as spoken in the UK

Canadiannoun

a native or inhabitant of Canada

Canadian Englishnoun

the English language as used in Canada

Dialectnoun

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong…

Englishnoun

the discipline that studies the English language and literature

Idiomnoun

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong…

Receivedadjective

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard (American) English"; "received standard English is sometimes…

Regionaladjective

characteristic of a region; "regional flora"

Spellingnoun

forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

Standardadjective

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard (American) English"; "received standard English is sometimes…

UK Englishnoun

English as spoken in the UK

Usagenoun

the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"

Variantadjective

exhibiting variation and change; "letters variant in size"

Varietynoun

(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteris…

Editionnoun

something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an eme…

Orthoepynoun

the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciati…

Pronunciationnoun

the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciati…

Variantnoun

something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an eme…

Variationnoun

something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an eme…

Versionnoun

something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an eme…

Vocabularynoun

the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"

Bluenosenoun

a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia

Breednoun

a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of s…

Cockneynoun

the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London

Cultivarnoun

a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

Geordienoun

the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Misspellingnoun

a spelling that is incorrect

Patoisnoun

a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

Scotsnoun

the dialect of English used in Scotland

Scottishnoun

the dialect of English used in Scotland

Stocknoun

a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of s…

Strainnoun

a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of s…