u
see also: U
Pronunciation
U
Pronunciation
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see also: U
Pronunciation
- Letter name
- IPA: /juː/
- Phoneme
- Letter of the English alphabet
- I prefer the u in Arial to the one in Times New Roman.
u (plural ues)
- The name of the Latin script letter U
- A thing in the shape of the letter U
- (abbreviation, slang, text messaging, internet) you (in text messaging and internet conversations)
- Take me with u.
- Abbreviation of underwater#English|underwater.
U
Pronunciation
- IPA: /juː/
- Letter of the English alphabet
- A U-turn.
- Abbreviation of university#English|university.
- Abbreviation of Sunday#English|Sunday.
u (not comparable)
- (comparable, chiefly, Britain, dated) Abbreviation of upper class#English|upper class (“characteristic#Adjective|characteristic of the upper classes, particularly in the use#Noun|use of language”).
- Antonyms: non-U
- [1956], Alan S. C. Ross, “U and non-U”, in David Milsted, Brewer’s Anthology of England and the English, page 120 ↗:
- To TAKE a bath is non-U against U to HAVE one’s bath.
- 1956, Nancy Mitford, Noblesse Oblige: an Inquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy:
- In a treatise that still causes ripples in English society, Mitford defined various terms as either U (upper class) or non-U.
- 1992, Stephan Gramley, Survey of Modern English, page 38 ↗:
- Other, perhaps more contentious generalizations, which nevertheless contain a certain amount of truth, are that afternoon tea is U, starts at four and typically consists of tea, thin sandwiches and cakes.
- (not comparable) Abbreviation of united#English|united.
- (not comparable) Abbreviation of upper#English|upper.
(not comparable, education, espionage) Usually in parentheses: abbreviation of unclassified#English|unclassified. - (not comparable, Britain) In a film#Noun|film certificate: abbreviation of universal#English|universal (“suitable for all ages”).
- Abbreviation of under#English|under.
- Abbreviation of up#English|up.
- A language belonging to the Austroasiatic language family which is spoken in China.
- P'uman
- Alternative form of Ü#English|Ü (“Tibetan language”)
- 1924, William Montgomery McGovern, To Lhasa in Disguise: A Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet:
- Among the settled communities of Central Tibet, the Tsang dialect as spoken in Shigatse and the U dialect as spoken in Lhasa hold the field.
- 1924, William Montgomery McGovern, To Lhasa in Disguise: A Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet:
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