Brexit
Syllables: Brex·itUK/ˈbɹɛɡzɪt/
Brexit proper noun: withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Proper noun
Brexit
- Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
- Unless a clear view is pushed that Britain must lead in Europe at the very least to achieve the completion of the single market then the portmanteau for Greek euro exit might be followed by another sad word, Brexit.2012 May 15, Peter Wilding, “Stumbling towards the Brexit”, in EurActiv, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2016
- The business community began to take the idea of Brexit seriously. Three major American banks, the Bank of America, Citibank and Morgan Stanley, revealed they were working on contingency plans to relocate from London to Dublin […]2015, Denis MacShane, Brexit: How Britain Will Leave Europe, London: I.B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 6
- Antonyms:
- Bremain
Verb
Brexit (third-person singular simple present Brexits, present participle Brexiting, simple past and past participle Brexited)
- To exit the European Union.
- Brexiting the EU, not leaving Europe2015, Stefano Francesco Fugazzi, Brexit?, →ISBN, page 27
- [Nigel] Farage recalls: What was clear from that polling was that in June 2015 the most trusted person in the country on whether to Brexit or not to Brexit was David Cameron.2016, Owen Bennet, chapter 10, in The Brexit Club: The Inside Story of the Leave Campaign’s Shock Victory, →ISBN
- To exit, to leave (e.g. a romantic relationship).
Brexit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Brexit in Hindi
- withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU
- ब्रेक्जिट brekjiṭ
Brexit in Tamil
- withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU
- பிரெக்சிட்டு pirekciṭṭu
Brexit in Marathi
- withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU
- ब्रेक्झिट brekjhiṭ
Brexit in Urdu
- withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU
- بریگزٹ, خارج برطانیۂ یورپی متحدہ سے xārij-e britāniya yōrapī muttahidda sē
More languagesFewer languages
- Brexit in Bengali
- ব্রেক্সিট brekśiṭ
- Brexit in Telugu
- బ్రెగ్జిట్ bregjiṭ
- Brexit in Malayalam
- ബ്രിക്സിറ്റ് briksiṟṟŭ
- Brexit in Kannada
- ಬ್ರೆಕ್ಸಿಟ್ breksiṭ
- Brexit in Punjabi
- ਬਰੇਗਜ਼ਿਟ baregziṭ
- Brexit in Sinhala
- බ්රෙක්සිට් breksiṭ
- Brexit in Assamese
- ব্ৰেক্সিট breksit
- Brexit in Arabic
- بِرِكْزِت birikzit
- Brexit in Persian
- خروج بریتانیا از اتحادیه اروپا xoruj-e beritâniyâ az ettehâdiye-ye orupâ
- Brexit in Thai
- เบร็กซิต brèk-sít
- Brexit in Myanmar
- ဘရက်ဇစ် bha.rakjac
Examples of Brexit in a sentence
- It followed a turbulent night with Remain campaigners quietly confident until the early hours when results from Newcastle and Sunderland showed better than expected returns for the Brexit camp.2016 June 24, Kate McCann, “EU referendum live: David Cameron resigns after UK shocks the world by voting for Brexit”, in The Daily...
- We must lift the uncertainty caused by Brexit.2017 June 19, Michel Barnier, “Brexit Negotiations: David Davis says ‘Promising Start’ Made”, in BBC News:
- Meanwhile, The Sunday Times revealed that civil servants had warned of a “Doomsday Brexit” if no agreement is reached, creating shortages of medicine, fuel and food.2018 June 5, “Brexit poll reveals record number of voters think decision to leave EU is wrong”, in The Independent, London:
- A further referendum is not just a way for voters to decide whether to incur the economic and social cost of a final Brexit deal.2019 March 5, David Miliband, “As foreign secretary I argued against an EU referendum. Now I back one”, in The Guardian:
Antonyms of Brexit
Forms of Brexit
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Brixit |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | Brexits |
| present participle | Brexiting |
| past participle | Brexited |
| past | Brexited |
Origin of Brexit
Blend of Britain + exit, formed by analogy with Grexit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest attested use is on 15 May 2012 in a Euractiv blog post by Peter Wilding titled “Stumbling towards the Brexit”, formed by analogy with Grexit, coined on 6 February 2012.
Words formed from Brexit
Phrases with Brexit
Words that rhyme with Brexit
Questions about Brexit
- What does Brexit mean?
- Brexit means withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
- What is Brexit in Hindi?
- Brexit in Hindi is ब्रेक्जिट (brekjiṭ). See Brexit meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Brexit in a sentence?
- It followed a turbulent night with Remain campaigners quietly confident until the early hours when results from Newcastle and Sunderland showed better than expected returns for the Brexit camp.
- What part of speech is Brexit?
- Brexit can be a proper noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce Brexit?
- Brexit is pronounced /ˈbɹɛɡzɪt/ (UK).
Words near Brexit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Brexit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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