the English language as used in the United States
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the English language as used in the United States
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Germanic origins, British and American usage.English as spoken in the UK
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Germanic origins, British and American usage.the English language as used in Canada
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Germanic origins, British and American usage.English as spoken in the UK
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Germanic origins, British and American usage.a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Germanic origins.the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct p…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, British and American usage.the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct p…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, British and American usage.English prior to about 1100
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, British and American usage.the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of th…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
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The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of Germ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It wa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock pois…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an inde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: english, language, united, states.
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