UTD
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- proper noun
- Jargon
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UTD
- Manchester Utd has a strong fan base and competes at the highest levels of football.
- UTD bt
- UTD 0
- UTD 1
Examples
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Photo by John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
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4-2-3-1 plays Man UTD, but they have Valencia, Ashley Young, and Nani.
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This is the final countdown for Newcastle Utd.
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John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images.
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Everybody's so into their Man Utd, Chelsea & Arsenal, but I just can't get into that competition at all.
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The last time I saw the Bunnymen play was at a festival in Barcelona just before the Champions League last year (Barcelona were due to play Man Utd).
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Arsene Wenger made four fatal mistakes against Utd today, and the result was one of the most insipid and overall poor performances during his reign at Arsenal.
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In a rebuke that really hurt, Lucas Moura left for PSG because Man Utd could not compete with the escalation in transfer fees and wage demands.
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It obviously comes as no surprise that clubs like Arsenal and Man Utd are putting the brakes on as they see City and Chelsea's owners underwrite the existence of their clubs with wads of cash thrown their way.
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After their controversial defeat in the league on Sunday, the much-awaited revenge match between Chelsea and Man Utd for the Capital One Cup promised to be another fiery affair, and all promises were kept, as the Blues eventually won 5-4 (a.e.t.), with an additional 2 penalties for Chelsea and 1 for United.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The abbreviation UTD is often short for the word United, which means 'together', and is used in sports team names. So fans put UTD on shirts or signs to show support for a 'United' team.