Citations:Brit.
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English citations of Brit.
- 1990, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 8th ed., Oxford: Clarendon Press:
- Brit. indicates the use is found chiefly in British English (and often also in Australian and New Zealand English, and in other parts of the Commonwealth) but not in American English.
- 1991, Collins English Dictionary, 3rd ed., Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, p xvi:
- Brit. [. . .] mainly to distinguish a particular word or sense from its North American equivalent or to identify a term or concept that does not exist in North American English
- 2004, “Guide to the Use of This Dictionary” in Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed., Don Mills: Oxford University Press, p xvii:
- Brit. indicates the use is found chiefly in British English (and often also in Australian and New Zealand English and in other parts of the Commonwealth except Canada) but not in North American English.
- 2009, “Help with using OED Online: Combined abbreviations list” in Oxford English Dictionary Online, Oxford University Press:
- Brit. British English
- Brit. (in titles) Britain
- Brit. (in titles) British