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Of or pertaining to England or its people.
English-language; of or pertaining to the English language.
Of or pertaining to an Englishman or Englishwoman.
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Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
(Amish) Non-Amish.
(collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
(Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish.
(surname)
One's ability to employ the English language correctly.
The English-language term or expression for something.
Specific language or wording; a text or statements in speech, whether a translation or otherwise.
(countable) A regional type of spoken and or written English; a dialect.
(printing, dated) A kind of type, in size between pica and great primer.
(North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
(archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English.
*, page 214 (2001 reprint):
*:severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.
(object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
* 1611 , Bible , Authorized (King James) Version. Genesis XLII:
* (William Shakespeare), Richard III :
* 1611 , Bible , Authorized (King James) Version. Genesis XIX:
* 1975 , Joseph Nazel, Death for Hire :
(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
* (Thomas Malory), Le Morte Darthur , Book VIII:
(subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
(subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
* (Geoffrey Chaucer), "The Clerk's Tale", Canterbury Tales , Ellesmere manuscript (c. 1410):
* 1814 , (Jane Austen), Mansfield Park :
(indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
* 2001 , Polly Vernon, The Guardian , 5 May 2001:
The individual or group spoken or written to.
Used before epithets for emphasis.
As a noun english
is (us) spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.english
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.
- English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
Usage notes
* The name of the language, English , when it means "the English language", does not assume an article. Hence: "Say it in plain English!" * The people as a collective noun require the definite article "the" or a demonstrative adjective. Hence: "The English are coming!" or "Oh, those English, always drinking their tea..."Noun
(en-noun)- My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker.
- How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English ?
- The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear.
- Put more English on the ball.
Verb
(es)Derived terms
* African American Vernacular English * American English * Australian English * BBC English * British English * Canadian English * Commonwealth English * Early Modern English * Elizabethan English * English Bluebell * English Channel * English basement * English bond * English breakfast * English breakfast tea * English flute * English garden * English horn * English Latin * English mile * English muffin * English pale * English pea * English pease * English plantain * English plus * English rhubarb * English saddle * English sonnet * English sparrow * English studies * English vice * English walnut * English wheat * Englishman * Englishmen * Englishness * Englishwoman * Englishwomen * Estuary English * full English * full English breakfast * gone English * Hiberno-English * Indian English * King's English * Korean English * Medieval English * Middle English * Modern English * Multicultural London English * Newfoundland English * New Zealand English * Old English * Old English Sheepdog * Queen's English * Scottish English * South African English * Standard English * White English Bulldog * do you speak English?See also
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* (l) English autological termsyou
English
Alternative forms
* ye * ya, yah, yer, yeh, y', yo, yu (informal or eye dialect) * -cha * -ja * u * yoo (eye dialect) * yew * youe, yow, yowe (obsolete)Pronoun
- And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you , saying, Ye are spies [...].
- If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].
- And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city.
- You'd better get you a gun and kill him before he kills you or somebody.
- I charge you , as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.
- Both of you should get ready now.
- You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
- certes lord / so wel vs liketh yow / And al youre werk / and euere han doon / þat we / Ne koude nat vs self deuysen how / We myghte lyuen / in moore felicitee [...].
- You' are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but ' you need not be afraid.
- You' can't choose your family, your lovers are difficult and volatile, but, oh, ' you can choose your friends - so doesn't it make much more sense to live and holiday with them instead?
Usage notes
* Originally, , respectively.) * In some forms of English, are all but nonexistent. * Although , or youse (though not all of these are completely equivalent or considered Standard English). * The pronoun is usually omitted in imperative sentences, but need not be. In affirmative imperatives, it may be included before the verb (You go right ahead''; ''You stay out of it''); in negative imperatives, it may be included either before the ''don't'', or, more commonly, after it (''Don't you dare go in there''; ''Don't you start now ). * See for other personal pronouns.Synonyms
* *: thou *: ye *: yer (UK eye dialect) * *: all of you (plural) *: you all *: you + number *: ye *: yous/youse *: y'all, all y'all (Southern US) *: ya'll (AAVE) *: you-uns (Midwestern US and Appalachia) *: yinz *: you guys/you gals *: you lot (UK) *: allyou (Caribbean) *: yer (UK eye dialect) * , ye, to you, to thee, to ye * ye, to you, to ye, to you all * (one) one, people, they, themDerived terms
* you'reSee also
(English personal pronouns)Determiner
(en determiner)- Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
- You idiot!