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

It said New Zealand, Australia, Britain and the United States were investigating the insurer over alleged violations of sanctions and financial laws, citing an unnamed source.

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"If productivity is our challenge, then investment is our solution," she added, listing pledges to invest in the NHS, roads, rails, energy and defence in order to "get Britain building".

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"I will do whatever it takes to secure Britain's borders."

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Britain's Cameron Norrie described his upset of Carlos Alcaraz as "the biggest win of my career" as he reached the Paris Masters last 16 with a gritty comeback against the world number one.

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The programmes took viewers on gentle journeys through the inland waterways of Britain and - in later episodes - Egypt, India and Cambodia.

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