Britain

[brit-n]

noun

1. Great Britain.

2. Britannia.

Britain

/ ˈbrɪtən /

noun

1. another name for Great Britain United Kingdom

Britain

1. Officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, located on the British Isles off the western coast of the mainland (continent) of Europe. It comprises England, Wales, and Scotland on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland. Its capital and largest city is London.

It is one of the world's leading industrialized nations.

Most of the settlers of the American colonies were British. The colonies remained under the British crown until the American Revolutionary War.

Britain declared war on Germany in 1939. Allied with the United States and the Soviet Union, the British, under the leadership of Winston Churchill, played an important role in defeating Germany.

At the height of its imperial power in the late nineteenth century, Britain boasted colonies and possessions around the globe. (See British Empire.)

A constitutional monarchy, Britain's government calls for the hereditary king or queen to perform mostly ceremonial functions. Parliament governs the country.

Example Sentences

Britain's competition watchdog on Friday paved the way for tougher regulation to tackle Google's dominance in online search, under new targeted measures focused on technology giants.

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Sunak, who remains a member of Britain’s parliament, said in a social media post Thursday that he would be working with the tech companies as a senior adviser and strategic consultant.

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The following year, Bernstein channeled that Kennedy spirit into a famous performance of Mahler’s symphony at London’s Ely Cathedral that was televised in Britain and released on commercial video.

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"We now know that digital IDs could be used for everything from tax and benefits to banking and education -- it has all the hallmarks of a sprawling national database that Britain has long rejected."

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“There’s been a massive surge of antisemitic incidents after the Oct. 7 attacks,” says Dave Rich, director of policy for the Community Security Trust, a charity that raises money to protect Jews in Britain.

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