U
A U-turnA U-turn.
» He has just been appointed the U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
Его только что назначили послом США в Японии.
Його щойно призначили послом США в Японії.
Meaning
3 sensesA U-turn.
(UK)A film with the film classification U (“universal”).
An honorific to a Burmese man
U Thant; U Nu
- the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet
- the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet
- a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons
- a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
Examples
470 sentencesHe has just been appointed the U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
Його щойно призначили послом США в Японії.
ruЕго только что назначили послом США в Японии.
The capital of the U.S. is Washington, D.C.
Столиця Сполучених Штатів - Вашингтон.
I made a U-turn.
Я розвернувся.
ruЯ развернулся.
The U.S. economy is in good health.
We have received many orders from the U.S.
deWir haben viele Bestellungen aus den USA erhalten.
Origin
An abbreviation of a word or term beginning with the letter U. Adjective sense 1 (“charactAn abbreviation of a word or term beginning with the letter U. Adjective sense 1 (“characteristic of the upper classes”) was coined by British linguist Alan S. C. Ross (1907–1980) in a 1954 article, and popularized by the English journalist and writer Nancy Mitford (1904–1973).
Borrowed from Burmese ဦး (u:).
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Forms
plural: UsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons:uraniumatomic number 92
- a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine:uracil
Collocations
4 patterns- the u s
- u s
- u s is
- u turn