united states
/juˌnaɪtɪ̈d ˈsteɪts/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.19 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America.
name
A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America.
name
The collection of individual states of the United States of America.
name
A federal nation consisting of several states, whether actual, historical or hypothetical.
Example Sentences
- "As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those powers with whom the United States have the most extensive relations there was reason to apprehend that our intercourse with them might be interrupted and our disposition for peace drawn into question by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations."
- "As we have seen, people migrated to the United States for a variety of reasons. But nearly all shared two great hopes: the hope for personal freedom and the hope for economic opportunity."
- "I used to have a sign on my desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here." The buck stops at the president's desk when he's president of the United States, and he either makes the decisions or he lets them go by default, and you can't afford to do that when you're president."
- "“King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction."
- "His bid to popularize Mr. Liu’s novels was a rare attempt to export Chinese popular culture — something that has eluded China as its government yearns to wield the same soft power the United States commands with its movies, music and sports stars."
- "Cybersecurity firm Semperis found that 86% of surveyed organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany that faced ransomware attacks were targeted on a holiday or weekend."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /juˌnaɪtɪ̈d ˈsteɪts/
- British English: /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/
Inflected Forms
the United States (canonical)