Meaning

2 senses
  1. The name of the Latin script letter U/u.

    юju, уu

    the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet

  2. A thing in the shape of the letter U.

Examples

470 sentences
  1. He 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.

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  2. The capital of the U.S. is Washington, D.C.

    Столиця Сполучених Штатів - Вашингтон.

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  3. I made a U-turn.

    Я розвернувся.

    ruЯ развернулся.

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  4. The U.S. economy is in good health.

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  5. We have received many orders from the U.S.

    deWir haben viele Bestellungen aus den USA erhalten.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
name of the letter U, u:

Origin

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u, f

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u, from 7th century replacement by lower case u of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, ur), derived from Raetic letter u.

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Forms

plural: ues
Singularu
Pluralues

irregular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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

Word family

34 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • the u s
  • u s
  • u s is
  • u turn

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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