american english

1. 1.

   the English language as used in the United States

   SynonymsAmerican languageAmerican

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   NarrowerAfrican American Vernacular English

Questions about american english

What does american english mean?

american english means "the English language as used in the United States".

What is another word for american english?

Close synonyms include American language, American. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american english a common word?

american english is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.