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# british

«british» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (British); noun (the British)

### meaning for a pupil

1) British means from or about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or its people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#m1)

2) The British are the people of the UK. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and history lessons British is used for the UK's people, history and English; in language lessons British English is compared with American English (colour/color, lift/elevator). Phrases: «British English», «the British Isles», «British people».

### examples

- She is British and lives in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#x1)
- British English spells «colour» with a u. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#x2)
- The British drink a lot of tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#x3)
- The British Isles include Great Britain and Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#x4)
- My cousin has a British passport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#x5)
- Many British towns have a high street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#x6)
- British money uses pounds and pence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#x7)
- No other version is known in the British Isles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/#x8)

### note

Always written with a capital B: British, not british. The UK includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Trap: the Republic of Ireland is not British, even though it is in the British Isles. Not every British person is English.

### In the corpora

- [The British royal family is the most gossiped-about family in the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/0/)
- [Bots learned from British and American English and may mix spellings like "colour" and "color".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/9/)
- [Banksy is a British street artist whose name and face are kept secret; his stencils often joke about war, money and power.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/9/)
- [People of all ages knit; the British Olympic diver Tom Daley was filmed knitting between events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/11/)
- [The common pheasant in British fields was brought from Asia long ago for hunting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/93-the-aviary-the-walk-through-tropical-house/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «british» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/british/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.