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Brexit
[ breg-zit, brek-sit ]
noun
- the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from membership in the European Union.
- the nonbinding national referendum in 2016 that resulted in a vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Brexit1
Example Sentences
Disputes over Brexit and the Troubles Legacy Act left UK/Irish relations at their lowest ebb for decades during the final days of the Conservative administration.
Vauxhall's former owner PSA Group suggested in 2019 that Brexit threatened its Luton factory.
No, they are not talking about Cummings’s views on Brexit or Elon Musk.
Marine Le Pen's far right and the left-wing New Popular Front both united to censure Barnier's government after the former Brexit negotiator controversially used special powers to force through his budget without a vote.
Opposition parties had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator controversially used special powers to force through his budget without a vote.
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