American
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- noun
- /əˈmɛrɪkən/
- US
- The music of other cultures can be used to help Americans better understand their own music.
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Watch on YouTubeBut like children who are English speak American because they watch Americans on YouTube.
- But like children who are English speak American because they watch Americans on YouTube.
Examples
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Get the details from the Americans.
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Americans put the month first.
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Most Germans I know just laugh at how little Americans know about Germany.
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In addition to examining the films, this article will explore how Americans reacted to them.
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The Americans are over their long and expensive honeymoon in space, and I'm here to remind them why they fell in love in the first place.
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Many Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with family gatherings and traditional meals.
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The way Americans spell certain words can be quite different from British English.
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As a nation, Americans often express values of freedom and individualism.
Synonyms
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English spoken and written in the United States with its own words, spelling, and accents
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English that people speak and write in the United States with different words and sounds
Compounds
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A person in the United States whose family comes from Africa, often for many generations
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A person in the United States whose family came from Africa, often brought there as slaves
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The idea that anyone in the United States can become successful through hard work
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A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived
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A piece of cloth that stands for the United States with thirteen stripes and fifty stars
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A war from 1775 to 1783 when thirteen colonies fought Britain and formed the United States
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A person who lives in the United States and was born in Mexico or has family from Mexico
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A large U.S. group of military veterans who support each other and promote national pride
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A person in the United States whose family comes from a Spanish-speaking country, often from Latin America or Spain
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A team sport where two teams try to carry or pass an oval ball into the other team's end zone
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An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
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A war in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the North and South over slavery and states' rights
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English spoken and written in the United States with its own words, spelling, and accents
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A 1898 war between the United States and Spain that gives U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
An international group of most countries in the Americas that cooperate on military, economic, social, and cultural issues
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Relating to people in the United States whose family came from Germany and their culture
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One of the fifty parts of the United States with its own government and laws
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English that people speak and write in the United States with different words and sounds
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A language of hand signs and body movements used by deaf people in the United States and parts of Canada
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A group of islands that belong to the United States in the South Pacific east of Samoa
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A large North American bird with a white head and dark body that often eats fish
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The western United States in the 1700s and 1800s where settlers explored and lived
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A war between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 that gave the United States large Southwest lands
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A large dark reptile with a wide snout that lives in southeastern United States swamps
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A person in the United States who speaks Spanish as their first language or whose family speaks Spanish
A war from 1775 to 1783 when the American colonies fought to become independent from Britain
- Archaic
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A person from the native peoples of South America before European arrival
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Team sport with two 11-player teams trying to move the ball into the other end zone by running or passing
An English translation of the Bible based on the King James Version first published in the United States in 1901
A strong, muscular dog breed from the United States with a short coat and high energy
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A US political group in the 1850s that wanted to limit immigrant and Catholic influence
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A large shaggy brown animal that lives on the North American plains
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A large eastern North American tree that makes edible nuts and strong wood
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A large reddish-brown cockroach that often lives in warm, humid places and can fly short distances
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A large, shaggy brown bison that lives on the North American plains
A strong, stocky terrier dog from the United States with a short coat
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A North American woodland plant with a root used as medicine like the Asian kind
A war from 1775 to 1783 when the American colonies won freedom from Britain
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A small North American bird that hunts small animals with a reddish-brown back, blue-grey wings, and black face markings
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A way of speaking English used by many Black people in the United States
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A large glossy black bird found in North America that makes a loud cawing sound and is very smart
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A tree with shiny prickly leaves and bright red berries used for Christmas decoration
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A group of islands in the Caribbean that are part of the United States
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A former group of unions in the United States that merged in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO
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A medium-sized North American bear usually with black or dark brown fur and less aggressive than brown bears
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A medium tree from eastern and southern United States that makes orange fruit that are sour until fully ripe
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A keyboard instrument that makes sound when air is pulled through thin metal strips, making a warm vibrating sound
- Specialized
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A way of speaking English used by many African Americans with its own grammar, words, and sounds
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A large extinct elephant-like animal with cone-shaped teeth that lived in North America long ago
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A North American tree that loses its leaves in autumn, with smooth gray bark and edible nuts
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
American comes from America, named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, and people use American to mean the variety of English used in the United States, often called 'American English'.