american

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

americans

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

more american

Superlative

most american

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A citizen or national of the United States of America.

   • My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.
   • Roughly two-thirds of Americans default to the General American accent, with other dialects like Southern, AAVE, and Chicano usually being considered lower prestige outside of entertainment and politics.

2. 2.Any inhabitant of the Americas.

   • Are you American or French?

3. 3.The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.(colloquial)

   • Donate for Give. Good American, but not good English.
   • DON COLLIER: This is an American tank; we talk American.
   • JAMES CARTER: Mr. Rice-a-Roni; don't even speak American.

4. 4.American cheese.

   • Q: What kinds of cheese do you have? A: We have American, Swiss, cheddar, provolone, or wiz.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.

   • He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.
   • Each new wave of immigration helped meet the needs of American development and made its distinctive contribution to the American character.
   • Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor.

2. 2.Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas.

   • This is pure American powder from the foothills of Colombia.

3. 3.Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry.

   • All of these trade on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Most of the contracts are European. An exception is the OEX contract on the S&P 100, which is American.
   • Multi-dimensional option pricing becomes an important topic in financial markets (Franker et al., 2008). Among which, the American-type derivative (e.g. the Bermudan option) pricing is a challenging problem.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Common

Literature

Rare