U, unoun
uk/juː/us/juː/plural Us, U's or u'sU, u noun (LETTER)
[ C or U ] the 21st letter of the English alphabet
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Letters of alphabets
- A, a
- alphabetic
- B, b
- C, c
- chi
- I, i
- iota
- J, j
- K, k
- kappa
- phi
- psi
- Q, q
- R, r
- rho
- Y, y
- Z, z
- zed
- zee
- zeta
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U, u noun (FILM)
[ C or U ] abbreviation for universal : in the UK, a film or a symbol for a film that is considered suitable for children of any age
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Cinema ratings & types of film
- 15
- 18
- animated
- B-movie
- biopic
- computer-animated
- G, g
- home movie
- horror film
- jukebox musical
- live action
- PG-13
- R, r
- R-rated
- screwball
- silent film
- skin flick
- talkie
- X, x
- X-rated
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U, uadjective
uk/juː/us/juː/U, u adjective (FILM)
abbreviation for universal : used in the UK to refer to a film that is considered suitable for children of any age
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Cinema ratings & types of film
- 15
- 18
- animated
- B-movie
- biopic
- computer-animated
- G, g
- home movie
- horror film
- jukebox musical
- live action
- PG-13
- R, r
- R-rated
- screwball
- silent film
- skin flick
- talkie
- X, x
- X-rated
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U, u adjective (UPPER-CLASS)
UK old-fashioned (of behaviour or ways of speaking) acceptable to or expected to be used by people of high social class
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Manners & levels of formality
- buttoned-down
- ceremonial
- ceremonious
- ceremony
- decency
- formal
- formally
- genteel
- gentility
- grace
- ground rules
- impropriety
- not the done thing idiom
- propriety
- pukka
- refinement
- solemnity
- stand on ceremony idiom
- stiff
- valediction
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