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  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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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

The other side of it, too, is that by working with the Uru Eu Wau Wau as co-producers, they’re receiving an equal portion of direct profits of the film.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

The PR stunt was so successful it helped launch Eu into the role of Secretary of State — the first woman to hold the role in California.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2022

The extensive forest of Eu lies to the south-east of the town.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

Watch: Roland Lescure says Britain leaving the EU was "very sad"

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The equipment delivered to the National Environment Agency in 2013 has been idle for 12 years due to a lack of maintenance and money to run them, according to the EU delegation in Tirana.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

EU and Chinese officials have been negotiating since June, and Sefcovic raised hopes earlier this year when he said that he wanted "tangible results by October".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mechanical post-sorting of household trash nationwide would lift Denmark’s recycling rate by almost 5 percentage points toward EU requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Internationally, the EU aims to bolster Europe's trade position and its political and economic power.

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