"Brexit" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbɹɛɡzɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɹɛksɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-Brexit.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɛksɪt Etymology: Blend of Britain + exit, formed by analogy with Grexit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest attested use is on 15 May 2012 in a Euractiv blog post by Peter Wilding titled “Stumbling towards the Brexit”, formed by analogy with Grexit, coined on 6 February 2012. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Britain|exit}} Blend of Britain + exit, {{m|en|Grexit}} Grexit, {{m|en|Grexit}} Grexit Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Brexit
  1. (UK politics) Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Tags: UK Categories (topical): UK politics, Brexit, Conservatism, Nationalism Categories (place): United Kingdom Hyponyms: hard Brexit, soft Brexit Coordinate_terms: Bremain Translations (withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU): بِرِكْزِت (birikzit) [masculine] (Arabic), Բրեքզիթ (Brekʻzitʻ) (Armenian), Բրեքսիթ (Brekʻsitʻ) (Armenian), ব্ৰেক্সিট (breksit) (Assamese), ব্রেক্সিট (brekśiṭ) (Bengali), ब्रेक्सिट (Bihari), ब्रेक्जिट (Bihari), ဘရက်ဇစ် (bha.rakjac) (Burmese), брекзіт (brekzit) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 英國脫歐 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 英国脱欧 (Eng-kok thoat-au) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 英國脫歐 (Chinese Cantonese), 英国脱欧 (jing¹ gwok³ tyut³ au¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 英國脫歐 (Chinese Mandarin), 英国脱欧 (Yīngguó tuō'ōu) (Chinese Mandarin), 英國退歐 (Chinese Mandarin), 英国退欧 (Yīngguó tuì'ōu) (Chinese Mandarin), brexit (Czech), Brexit (Danish), Brɛ̈kdhït (Dinka), brexit [masculine] (Dutch), Briteliro (Esperanto), Breksiĝo (Esperanto), brexit (Finnish), Brexit [masculine] (French), ბრექსიტი (breksiṭi) (Georgian), Brexit [masculine] (German), μπρέξιτ (bréxit) [neuter] (Greek), בְּרֶקְזִיט (brékzit) [masculine] (Hebrew), ब्रेक्जिट (brekjiṭ) (Hindi), Brexit (Hungarian), brexit (Hungarian), Brekiro (Ido), Breatimeacht (Irish), Sasamach (Irish), Brexit [feminine] (Italian), イギリスの欧州連合離脱 (Igirisu no ōshūrengō ridatsu) (alt: イギリスのおうしゅうれんごうりだつ) (Japanese), ブレグジット (buregujitto) (Japanese), ಬ್ರೆಕ್ಸಿಟ್ (breksiṭ) (Kannada), 브렉시트 (beureksiteu) (Korean), брексит (breksit) (Kyrgyz), Brexitus [masculine] (Latin), Brexit [masculine] (Lithuanian), Breksitas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ബ്രിക്സിറ്റ് (briksiṟṟŭ) (Malayalam), Brexit [masculine] (Maltese), Brexit [masculine] (Manx), ब्रेक्झिट (brekjhiṭ) (Marathi), خروج بریتانیا از اتحادیه اروپا (xoruj-e beritâniyâ az ettehâdiye-ye orupâ) (Persian), Brexit [masculine] (Portuguese), ਬਰੇਗਜ਼ਿਟ (baregziṭ) (Punjabi), Brexit [neuter] (Romanian), бре́кзит (brɛ́kzit) [masculine] (Russian), бре́ксит (brɛ́ksit) [masculine] (Russian), Brfhàgail [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), බ්රෙක්සිට් (breksiṭ) (Sinhalese), Brexit [masculine] (Spanish), brexit [neuter] (Swedish), பிரெக்சிட்டு (pirekciṭṭu) (Tamil), బ్రెగ్జిట్ (bregjiṭ) (Telugu), เบร็กซิต (brèk-sít) (Thai), брексит (breksyt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), бреґзит (bregzyt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), بریگزٹ (Urdu), خارج برطانیۂ یورپی متحدہ سے (xārij-e britāniya yōrapī muttahidda sē) (Urdu), Brexit [masculine] (Welsh), Brecsit [masculine] (Welsh), Prydael [masculine, rare] (Welsh), ברעקסיט (breksit) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Brexit-en-name-12eCMXxS Disambiguation of Brexit: 75 24 1 Disambiguation of Conservatism: 79 20 2 Disambiguation of Nationalism: 76 23 1 Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 75 24 1 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 64 16 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 5 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 4 10 Topics: government, politics Derived forms: Brexiteer, Brexiter, Brexitish, Brexity, Brexocalypse, Brexodus, Brexshit, hard Brexit, post-Brexit, regrexit, soft Brexit Related terms: Bayxit, Calexit, Catalexit, Czexit, Dexit, Fixit, Frexit, Grexit, Huxit, Italexit, Lexit, Megxit, Nexit, Polexit, Quexit, regrexit, Roexit, Scexit, Swexit, Texit, Waxit, Wexit
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Brixit

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹɛɡzɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɹɛksɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-Brexit.ogg [Australia] Forms: Brexits [present, singular, third-person], Brexiting [participle, present], Brexited [participle, past], Brexited [past]
Rhymes: -ɛksɪt Etymology: Blend of Britain + exit, formed by analogy with Grexit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest attested use is on 15 May 2012 in a Euractiv blog post by Peter Wilding titled “Stumbling towards the Brexit”, formed by analogy with Grexit, coined on 6 February 2012. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Britain|exit}} Blend of Britain + exit, {{m|en|Grexit}} Grexit, {{m|en|Grexit}} Grexit Head templates: {{en-verb}} Brexit (third-person singular simple present Brexits, present participle Brexiting, simple past and past participle Brexited)
  1. (of Britain) To exit the European Union. Categories (place): European Union
    Sense id: en-Brexit-en-verb-K2f8p4sL Disambiguation of European Union: 42 58 0
  2. (slang, by extension) To leave a romantic relationship. Tags: broadly, slang Related terms (Appendix): Brexit glossary
    Sense id: en-Brexit-en-verb-ZtpRqrAX Disambiguation of 'Appendix': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Brixit

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012 May 15, Peter Wilding, “Stumbling towards the Brexit”, in EurActiv, archived from the original on 2016-06-24",
          "text": "Unless a clear view is pushed that Britain must lead in Europe at the very least to achieve the completion of the single market then the portmanteau for Greek euro exit might be followed by another sad word, Brexit.",
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          "ref": "2015, Denis MacShane, Brexit: How Britain Will Leave Europe, London: I.B. Tauris, page 6",
          "text": "The business community began to take the idea of Brexit seriously. Three major American banks, the Bank of America, Citibank and Morgan Stanley, revealed they were working on contingency plans to relocate from London to Dublin […]",
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          "ref": "2016 June 24, Kate McCann, “EU referendum live: David Cameron resigns after UK shocks the world by voting for Brexit”, in The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 2016-06-24",
          "text": "David Cameron has resigned as Prime Minister after Britain voted to leave the European Union. It followed a turbulent night with Remain campaigners quietly confident until the early hours when results from Newcastle and Sunderland showed better than expected returns for the Brexit camp. A surprise victory for a Brexit in Swansea, which was expected to vote to Remain, did little to dampen concerns despite Scotland overwhelmingly backing staying in the Union.",
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          "ref": "2016 August 1, Alex Barker, Jim Brunsden, “Eurocrats’ pensions shape up to be flashpoint in Brexit talks”, in The Financial Times, London",
          "text": "The pensions of British Eurocrats are shaping up to be one of the most politically poisonous points in the UK’s Brexit talks, as the EU and London prepare to clash over liabilities running to several billion euros.",
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          "ref": "2017 June 19, Michel Barnier, “Brexit Negotiations: David Davis says ‘Promising Start’ Made”, in BBC News",
          "text": "We must lift the uncertainty caused by Brexit.",
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          "ref": "2018 March 7, Daniel Boffey, Jennifer Rankin, “EU scorns UK’s ‘pick and mix’ approach to trade post-Brexit”, in The Guardian, London",
          "text": "[Donald] Tusk said: “Our agreement will not make trade between the UK and the EU frictionless or smoother. It will make it more complicated and costly than today, for all of us. This is the essence of Brexit.”",
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        {
          "ref": "2018 June 5, “Brexit poll reveals record number of voters think decision to leave EU is wrong”, in The Independent, London",
          "text": "Meanwhile, The Sunday Times revealed that civil servants had warned of a “Doomsday Brexit” if no agreement is reached, creating shortages of medicine, fuel and food.",
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          "ref": "2018 June 23, “Brexit: Theresa May ‘not bluffing’ in threat to leave EU without a deal, Tory minister Liam Fox says”, in The Independent, London",
          "text": "It’s all incredibly unhelpful and what we need to do now is to get closer with our European partners and work out what a realistic, pragmatic Brexit is that works for both sides, the EU and ourselves.",
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          "ref": "2019 March 5, David Miliband, “As foreign secretary I argued against an EU referendum. Now I back one”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "A further referendum is not just a way for voters to decide whether to incur the economic and social cost of a final Brexit deal.",
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          "ref": "2021 November, Christiaan van Lierop, European Parliamentary Research Service",
          "text": "The EESC also considers that the €5.4 billion reserve will not be sufficient to mitigate the negative effects of Brexit and asks the co-legislators to increase the proposed ceiling.",
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          "ref": "2021 December 2, “Frontex plane arrives in northern France to help fight people smuggling”, in Euronews, sourced from AFP",
          "text": "Brexit has also made it harder for the UK to deport migrants back to the EU as the country has left the bloc’s asylum scheme.",
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          "ref": "2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52",
          "text": "Thanks to Brexit, many ferry companies now run direct from Ireland to the EU mainland, bypassing UK ports such as Fishguard, with an impact on traffic.",
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          "ref": "2023 February 2, Andrew Adonis, “Sooner or later, re-entry to the customs union and single market is inevitable”, in Prospect",
          "text": "Even the BBC, long prevaricating on the issue, has started properly reporting the Brexit catastrophe, particularly its impact on the cost of living, NHS staff shortages and projections of weak future economic growth.",
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          "ref": "2023 August 7, Jo Harper, “UK–US: What’s happened to their free trade deal?”, in Deutsche Welle",
          "text": "Biden’s irritation with London’s inability to solve its “Irish question” after Brexit has also played a role.",
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          "ref": "2023 October 6, Heather Stewart, “‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "The mayor of London has urged EU citizens to “choose London” over other European cities, promising to make the UK capital a better place to live and work despite Brexit.",
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          "ref": "2023 November 3, Tim Olivier, “Brexit: a critical juncture in the UK’s international relations?”, in UK in a Changing Europe",
          "text": "The Brexit referendum seemingly heralded such a moment but other than the negative sentiment of leave, the more positive agenda of what to do with the UK’s newfound status has been found wanting.",
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          "ref": "2023 November 23, Peter Zeihan, “Ireland Needs a New Game Plan || Peter Zeihan”, in Zeihan on Geopolitics, sourced from YouTube, 2:55–3:14",
          "text": "The Brits have been uniquely incompetent in wallowing in narcissistic irrelevance ever since the Brexit vote. They’ve refused to admit that the only path forward for them is a crippling deal with the United States that will give them access to the NAFTA system but at the cost of any kind of economic sovereignty.",
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          "word": "ব্ৰেক্সিট"
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          "roman": "brekśiṭ",
          "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
          "word": "ব্রেক্সিট"
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        {
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          "word": "ဘရက်ဇစ်"
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          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "brekzit",
          "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
          "word": "英國脫歐"
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          "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Yīngguó tuō'ōu",
          "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
          "word": "英国脱欧"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
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        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Yīngguó tuì'ōu",
          "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
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        {
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          "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
          "word": "Brɛ̈kdhït"
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          "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
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          "ref": "2019 March 5, David Miliband, “As foreign secretary I argued against an EU referendum. Now I back one”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "A further referendum is not just a way for voters to decide whether to incur the economic and social cost of a final Brexit deal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 November, Christiaan van Lierop, European Parliamentary Research Service",
          "text": "The EESC also considers that the €5.4 billion reserve will not be sufficient to mitigate the negative effects of Brexit and asks the co-legislators to increase the proposed ceiling.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 2, “Frontex plane arrives in northern France to help fight people smuggling”, in Euronews, sourced from AFP",
          "text": "Brexit has also made it harder for the UK to deport migrants back to the EU as the country has left the bloc’s asylum scheme.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52",
          "text": "Thanks to Brexit, many ferry companies now run direct from Ireland to the EU mainland, bypassing UK ports such as Fishguard, with an impact on traffic.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 2, Andrew Adonis, “Sooner or later, re-entry to the customs union and single market is inevitable”, in Prospect",
          "text": "Even the BBC, long prevaricating on the issue, has started properly reporting the Brexit catastrophe, particularly its impact on the cost of living, NHS staff shortages and projections of weak future economic growth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 August 7, Jo Harper, “UK–US: What’s happened to their free trade deal?”, in Deutsche Welle",
          "text": "Biden’s irritation with London’s inability to solve its “Irish question” after Brexit has also played a role.",
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          "ref": "2023 October 6, Heather Stewart, “‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "The mayor of London has urged EU citizens to “choose London” over other European cities, promising to make the UK capital a better place to live and work despite Brexit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 3, Tim Olivier, “Brexit: a critical juncture in the UK’s international relations?”, in UK in a Changing Europe",
          "text": "The Brexit referendum seemingly heralded such a moment but other than the negative sentiment of leave, the more positive agenda of what to do with the UK’s newfound status has been found wanting.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 23, Peter Zeihan, “Ireland Needs a New Game Plan || Peter Zeihan”, in Zeihan on Geopolitics, sourced from YouTube, 2:55–3:14",
          "text": "The Brits have been uniquely incompetent in wallowing in narcissistic irrelevance ever since the Brexit vote. They’ve refused to admit that the only path forward for them is a crippling deal with the United States that will give them access to the NAFTA system but at the cost of any kind of economic sovereignty.",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
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      "code": "din",
      "lang": "Dinka",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "Brɛ̈kdhït"
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "breksiṭi",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "ბრექსიტი"
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "ब्रेक्जिट"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "alt": "イギリスのおうしゅうれんごうりだつ",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "Igirisu no ōshūrengō ridatsu",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "イギリスの欧州連合離脱"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "ブレグジット"
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      "code": "kn",
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      "roman": "breksiṭ",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "ಬ್ರೆಕ್ಸಿಟ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "beureksiteu",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "브렉시트"
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    {
      "code": "ky",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "ബ്രിക്സിറ്റ്"
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      "code": "mt",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "ब्रेक्झिट"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "roman": "baregziṭ",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "ਬਰੇਗਜ਼ਿਟ"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "si",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
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    },
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
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    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "பிரெக்சிட்டு"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bregjiṭ",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "బ్రెగ్జిట్"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "brèk-sít",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "เบร็กซิต"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
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      "word": "бреґзит"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "بریگزٹ"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "xārij-e britāniya yōrapī muttahidda sē",
      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "word": "خارج برطانیۂ یورپی متحدہ سے"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "cy",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ברעקסיט"
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    "en:Brexit"
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          "ref": "2016, Owen Bennet, chapter 10, in The Brexit Club: The Inside Story of the Leave Campaign’s Shock Victory",
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        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, by extension) To leave a romantic relationship."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹɛɡzɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹɛksɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛksɪt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-Brexit.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-au-Brexit.ogg/En-au-Brexit.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-au-Brexit.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Brixit"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Euractiv",
    "en:Brexit"
  ],
  "word": "Brexit"
}

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