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post-Brexit

post-Brexit adjective: referring to the time after the UK leaves the EU.

Adjective

post-Brexit

  1. (European) Referring to the time after the UK leaves the EU.
    • In a step that may stoke concerns in Britain that Brexit could hasten the fragmentation of the UK, diplomats are planning to ask leaders of the EU’s 27 post-Brexit member countries to endorse the idea in a summit on Saturday.2017 April 28, Alex Barker, Arthur Beesley, Vincent Boland, “EU prepares for post-Brexit membership for united Ireland”, in The Financial Times
    • Senior EU figures have attacked Theresa May’s post-Brexit immigration plan with the president of the European commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, signalling that he expects a row with the British prime minister at an upcoming “moment of truth” summit.2018 October 2, Daniel Boffey, “EU anger over May's post-Brexit immigration plan”, in The Guardian

Examples of post-Brexit in a sentence

  • Tens of thousands of low-skilled migrants could come to the UK to work for up to a year under proposed new post-Brexit immigration rules.2018 December 19, “Immigration: White Paper sets out post-Brexit rules for migrants”, in the BBC:
  • Theresa May's government consistently rejected proposals and amendments to the 2018 Withdrawal Act to maintain current rights and protections post-Brexit.2019 November 25, Mary Honeyball, “Boris Johnson's Brexit day would be a dark day for women”, in The New European, archived from the...
  • Member states, MEPs and the new EU commission are all gearing up to launch a discussion on the future of post-Brexit Europe early next year.2019 November 26, Eszter Zalan, “EU gears up for post-Brexit renovation”, in The EU Observer:
  • ‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit [title]2023 October 6, Heather Stewart, “‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Origin of post-Brexit

From post- + Brexit.

Questions about post-Brexit

What does post-Brexit mean?
Post-Brexit means referring to the time after the UK leaves the EU.
How do you use post-Brexit in a sentence?
Tens of thousands of low-skilled migrants could come to the UK to work for up to a year under proposed new post-Brexit immigration rules.
What part of speech is post-Brexit?
Post-Brexit is an adjective.

Words near post-Brexit in the dictionary

  1. post-blackness
  2. post-block
  3. post-bop
  4. post-box
  5. post-boxes
  6. post-Brexit
  7. post-build
  8. post-capitalism
  9. post-capitalist
  10. post-capitalists
  11. post-captain

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