Collocations for "British"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "British" in context.
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British
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a British [singer, actor, writer]
- a British-born [singer]
- have a British [friend, teacher]
- has a British accent
- [learn, speak] British English
- [has, holds] a British passport
- have British [roots, heritage, ancestors, family]
- British [food, dishes, culture, values]
- [typically, traditional] British [food]
- a [typical, quintessential] British [tradition]
- a [typically, quintessentially] British [tradition, village, characteristic]
- the British [government, Empire, Commonwealth, people]
- the British [Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Ambassador]
- the British Isles
- the British Pound
- is a British [protectorate, territory, colony]
- study British history
- [applied for, took] British citizenship
- a British [citizen, subject]
- the British [Journal, College, Association, Academy] of
- the British stiff upper lip
- good old British reserve
- the British (sense of) humor
- that is [so, very] British
'British' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Irish
- accent
- actor
- art
- built
- buy
- by birth
- captive
- chamber
- citizenship
- coin
- dame
- dart
- decline
- demise
- educational
- eel
- embassy
- equivalent
- establishment
- fellow
- holder
- intelligence
- invention
- knight
- mainstream
- major
- map
- museum
- national
- noble
- open
- princess
- private
- pub
- registered
- royal
- royalty
- settler
- slang
- soccer
- society
- telephone
- time
- weather
- weekly