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long u

long u noun: the sound /juː/, as in the words "cube" and "mute". (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in cubing versus cubbing).

Noun

long u (plural long ues or long u's)

  1. The sound /juː/, as in the words "cube" and "mute". (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in cubing versus cubbing).
    Antonyms:
    short u

Antonyms of long u

Forms of long u

plurallong ues
plurallong u's

Questions about long u

What does long u mean?
Long u means the sound /juː/, as in the words "cube" and "mute". (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in cubing versus cubbing).
What part of speech is long u?
Long u is a noun.
What is the plural of long u?
The plural of long u is long ues.

Words near long u in the dictionary

  1. long Toms
  2. long ton
  3. long tons
  4. long track
  5. long trousers
  6. long u
  7. long u's
  8. long ues
  9. long underwear
  10. long vac
  11. Long Vac term

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