Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The form of English language that is chiefly used in the United States, contrasted with British English and that of other places.
- n. The form of English language that is chiefly used in North America, contrasted with British English and that of other places.
- adj. Of or relating to, or spoken or written in American English.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the English language as used in the United States
Etymologies
- 1806 (US), American + English. As an adjective, 1892. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But almost every native speaker of American English knows oh-oh to mean “watch out” or “trouble ahead”; when our leading lexicographers read this, they will utter uh-oh and hasten to include the commonly exclaimed warning in their next revisions.”
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“He visited the United States for an Adidas camp in 2005 and came back the next year to study at American English Academy in Monterey Park, Calif.”
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