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Bremain

/bɹɪˈmeɪn/

Bremain proper noun: the fact of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union.

Proper noun

Bremain

  1. (UK) The fact of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union.
    • "We want Britain to remain in the EU. We want not "Brexit" but "Bremain"."2015 June 22, David Milliken, “U.S. and EU face 'heavy lift' to get trade deal: EU ambassador”, in Reuters
    • Like the old Tory trouper Michael Heseltine, I think we can rule out him leading the “Outers.” For Brexit, read Bremain.2015 October 8, Paul Routledge, “Europe referendum is the big political issue – but where do the parties stand?”, in The Mirror

Verb

Bremain (third-person singular simple present Bremains, present participle Bremaining, simple past and past participle Bremained)

  1. To remain in the European Union.
    • Bremaining is perceived as a young person’s interest, with Brexiting supposedly the preserve of grumpy oldsters who are moreover more schooled in the tiresome pencil-and-paper business of voting, as opposed to liking, RT-ing, etc.2016 June 8, Steve Richards, “Harry Potter play exposes the social apartheid in our theatre”, in The Guardian
    • Hitzig, who voted to Bremain, now works in fundraising for the City of London Sinfonia and is worried that the arts sector will suffer if corporate donors leave, putting her job at risk.2016 June 24, Sunny Freeman, “Brexit closes gateway to Europe for Canadian companies”, in Toronto Star

Forms of Bremain

third-person singular presentBremains
present participleBremaining
past participleBremained
pastBremained

Origin of Bremain

Blend of Britain + remain, by analogy with Brexit.

Questions about Bremain

What does Bremain mean?
Bremain means the fact of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union.
What part of speech is Bremain?
Bremain can be a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce Bremain?
Bremain is pronounced /bɹɪˈmeɪn/.

Words near Bremain in the dictionary

  1. breloque
  2. breloques
  3. Brelsford
  4. Brelsfords
  5. Brem
  6. Bremain
  7. Bremained
  8. Bremainer
  9. Bremainers
  10. Bremaining
  11. Bremains

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