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Brexiting

Brexiting is the present participle and gerund of Brexit.

Meaning of Brexit

Verb

Brexit (third-person singular simple present Brexits, present participle Brexiting, simple past and past participle Brexited)

  1. To exit the European Union.
    • Brexiting the EU, not leaving Europe2015, Stefano Francesco Fugazzi, Brexit?, →ISBN, page 27
  2. (broadly, slang) To exit, to leave (e.g. a romantic relationship).

See all 3 meanings of Brexit

Noun

Brexiting (uncountable)

  1. The act of Britain leaving the European Union.
    • The actual process of 'Brexiting' will take around two years, with a new iteration of the Passport presumably to be issued thereafter.2016 June 25, “Brexit actually happened. What now for young people?”, in Birmingham Eastside, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2016
    • A ‘bespoke’ agreement over 'Brexiting' (and this implies one with no model such as Norway or Switzerland to follow) means entering unknown territory and will have to be worked out clause by clause as each new issue emerges.2016 September 12, “Will public opinion destroy the Brexit plans?”, in New Europeans, archived from the original on 29 May 2022

Questions about Brexiting

What does Brexiting mean?
Brexiting means the act of Britain leaving the European Union.
What is Brexiting the present participle and gerund of?
Brexiting is the present participle and gerund of Brexit.
What part of speech is Brexiting?
Brexiting is a noun.

Words near Brexiting in the dictionary

  1. Brexited
  2. Brexiteer
  3. Brexiteers
  4. Brexiter
  5. Brexiters
  6. Brexiting
  7. Brexitish
  8. Brexitism
  9. Brexitland
  10. Brexits
  11. Brexity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Brexiting (page history and authors); 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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