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• Eu
  Eu

  europium.
• EU
  EU

  abbreviation

  European Union.
• eu-
  eu-

  a combining form meaning “good,” “well,” occurring chiefly in words of Greek origin (eupepsia ); in scientific coinages, especially taxonomic names, it often has the sense “true, genuine” (eukaryote )
• eu
  eu

  abbreviation

  the European Union

Eu

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. europium.

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EU ² American  

[ee-yoo] / ˈiˈju /

abbreviation

1. European Union.

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eu- ³ American  

1. a combining form meaning “good,” “well,” occurring chiefly in words of Greek origin (eupepsia ); in scientific coinages, especially taxonomic names, it often has the sense “true, genuine” (eukaryote )

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Eu ¹ British  

symbol

1. europium

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EU ² British  

abbreviation

1. European Union

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eu ³ British  

abbreviation

1. the European Union

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eu- ⁴ British  

combining form

1. well, pleasant, or good

   eupeptic

   euphony

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Etymology

Origin of eu-

< Greek, combining form of eús good (adj.) or eú, eû (neuter, used as adv.) well

Example Sentences

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The skilled worker scheme was introduced after Brexit for employers to recruit workers after Eu free movement ended.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Following this screening, Riedel was able to identify new Eu compound candidates, and further, he was able to synthesize the top suggestion from the list, the double perovskite halide Cs2NaEuF6.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024

Singaporean chip designer Eu Gene Goh is an electric-vehicle evangelist with two Teslas in the garage.

From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2023

I didn’t say we were speaking to Bitaté Uru Eu Wau Wau the next week!

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

Screen in the Church of St. Lawrence, at Eu 81 73.

From Architectural Antiquities of Normandy by John Sell Cotman

The EU has also wrestled with internal dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Last month, the EU proposed to keep more allowances on the market over the next 15 years to ease the impact on industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

He suggested a reduction in EU quota access which he said was placing additional pressure on the UK's steel operations.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Torfaen council said it was unaware of the EU data but its own air quality monitoring showed "elevated particulate concentrations".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Lithuania has gained membership in the World Trade Organization and joined the EU in May 2004.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The genus Eucalyptus is named for its unusual floral structure derived from the Greek eu-, well, and kaluptos, covered, which refers to the operculum that covers the floral buds before anthesis.

From Nature ● Jun. 10, 2014

Whether thit ko, lu rou fan, tau eu bah or endless variations upon stewed pork belly, similar ideas of comfort live in the plastic borders between us.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022

“Can we create website and eu Corp as before or has anything changed?”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2018

"The prefix, eu, is Greek for good, true or nice. "The species is a fibrecap mushroom, and I found a picture of it.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2014

The University of Washington's Patricia Kuhl and her colleagues have conditioned dozens of newborns to turn their heads when they detect the ee sound emitted by American parents, vs. the eu favored by doting Swedes.

From Time Magazine Archive

I say, that eu, doth touch the periphery iu, assigned: Because it shall be perpendicular unto the end of the diameter.

From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell