Brexit

[ breg-zit, brek-sit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from membership in the European Union.
the nonbinding national referendum in 2016 that resulted in a vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 2012; (originally also spelled Brixit , referencing Britain's possible withdrawal); Br(itain) ( def ) or Br(itish) ( def ) + exit ¹( def ); probably patterned on Grexit ( def ), which dates from earlier that year

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The government is no longer ruling out a youth visa deal with the EU, ahead of a summit next month to "reset" relations after Brexit.

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The Labour government is aiming to forge closer economic ties to the EU after Brexit.

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He added that EU citizens had faced "many obstacles" to moving to the UK since Brexit, including "very high thresholds" for skilled work visas.

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It also said EU applicants should not have to pay the NHS surcharge, and should be able to pay pay the same university tuition fees as British students, rather than the higher fees they have had to pay since Brexit.

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The arguments over sex and gender, trans and women's rights have a passion, an anger and often a toxicity on both sides greater in their intensity than those over the Iraq war two decades ago, or Brexit in more recent years.

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