Word info

BrE

Proper noun

Meaning

BrE

(linguistics) Abbreviation of British English.

Bre

A diminutive of the female given name Breanna.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Phrases with the word

Examples

A bankrupt firm goes into administration in BrE; in AmE it goes bankrupt, or files for Chapter 7 (liquidation) or Chapter 11 (reorganization). Source: Internet

A dissertation in the AmE sense would be a thesis in BrE, though dissertation is also used. Source: Internet

Also, the document which contains a party's positions/principles is referred to as a party platform in AmE, whereas it is in BrE commonly known as a party manifesto. Source: Internet

An is also preferred before hotel by some writers of BrE (probably reflecting the relatively recent adoption of the word from French, where the h is not pronounced, though it also fits the stress rule described—it is the second syllable that is stressed). Source: Internet

AmE, but not BrE, has forgot as a less common alternative to forgotten for the past participle of forget. Source: Internet

A transitive form exists in AmE, with a different meaning: to catch somebody up means that the subject will help the object catch up, rather the opposite of the BrE transitive meaning. Source: Internet

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