Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A prefix of Greek origin, meaning ‘good’ (for the purpose) or, as used adverbially, ‘well,’ ‘easily,’ implying excellence, fitness, abundance, prosperity, facility, easiness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) the chemical symbol for Europium, an element with atomic number 63 and atomic weight 151.96.
  • A prefix used frequently in composition, signifying well, good, advantageous; -- the opposite of dys-.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry Symbol for europium.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group
  • noun an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members

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Examples

  • Instead of saying, "I can't take it any more!" you can fulminate in Portuguese: "Eu nao aguento mais!"

    burlingtonfreepress.com - 2010

  • The Eu is the perfect place for people like her, look at the useless time servers who have ended up there...

    Avril Doyle - Fine Gael MEP screeches at Vaclav Klaus: Shows herself to be an EU drone. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • Eu, which is close to the coastal town of Tréport has been suffering from a drop in holiday visitors and they think they know the reason: the internet.

    FP Passport 2009

  • Eu, which is close to the coastal town of Tréport has been suffering from a drop in holiday visitors and they think they know the reason: the internet.

    FP Passport 2009

  • I remember EFA saying that the Eu is a place full of "solidarity".

    timesofmalta.com 2009

  • Eu, which is close to the coastal town of Tréport has been suffering from a drop in holiday visitors and they think they know the reason: the internet.

    FP Passport 2009

  • A 2001 study by Nebel et al. found Haplogroup R1a chromosomes (called Eu 19 in the paper), which are very frequent in Eastern European populations (54%-60%), at elevated frequency (12. 7%) in Ashkenazi Jews.

    Politics.ie Antiphon 2009

  • When I think of "Eu" it reminds me of the possiblities that lies within each of us if we truely seek to make a difference in this world.

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88 2009

  • However, there is only so many times a listener can put burners like "Eu" and

    Prefix 2010

  • Such is the case with "Eu" in France, who suffered from getting eclipsed in search as people sought European Union information, and have since

    Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com 2010

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