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- DictionaryU/juː/
abbreviation
- 1. (in names of sports clubs) United: "Oxford U"
- 2. universal (denoting films classified as suitable without restriction). British
symbol
- 1. the chemical element uranium.
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U definition: the 21st letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.. See examples of U used in a sentence.
The meaning of U is the 21st letter of the English alphabet. How to use u in a sentence.
U or u is used as an abbreviation for words beginning with 'u', such as 'unit', 'united', or 'University'.
noun. The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet: formerly a variant of V, v; not until the 18th cent. was it established as a vowel symbol only. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the vowel (u) of cut, ( ) of bush, or ( ) of rude, or the semivowel (w) of win.
U meaning: 1 : the 21st letter of the English alphabet; 2 : a grade given to a student whose work is judged as not satisfactory.
U, or u, is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is u (pronounced / ˈ j uː / ), plural ues .
1. The 21st letter of the modern English alphabet. 2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter u. 3. The 21st in a series. 4. Something shaped like the letter U. 5. U A grade that indicates an unsatisfactory status. u 2. abbr. up quark. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
