(British) A form of daylight-saving time, one hour ahead of UTC, used in the United Kingdom.
My smart TV is so smart it doesn't even realise when British Summer Time kicked in. I had to look through an absurdly complicated series of menus to correct it. Just imagine when we rely on technology to get really ba…
5th May 21:00 Tonight we collab with @meithejiangshi.bsky.social 6th May14:00 We got karaoke with @bobabunnybecks.bsky.social 9th May 15:00 Potential Collab 10th May 19:00 Potential Stream! All times are in Briti…
(British) A form of daylight-saving time, one hour ahead of UTC, used in the United Kingdom. Abbreviation: BST.
British Summer Time means: A form of daylight-saving time, one hour ahead of UTC, used in the United Kingdom. Abbreviation: BST.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
British Summer Time means: A form of daylight-saving time, one hour ahead of UTC, used in the United Kingdom. Abbreviation: BST.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(British) A time signal transmitted on radio by the BBC every hour and consisting of five short beeps followed by a longer one, with the longer one coinciding with the start of the hour.
(UK, _, dialectal, Black Country, Bristol, West Country, Northern England) Used to form the second person singular of be.
(British) A form of received pronunciation formerly used in British broadcasting.
(commerce, Internet slang) (used in online marketplaces, Internet forums and social media wherein individuals or businesses can engage in transactions with one another.).
British Summer Time means: A form of daylight-saving time, one hour ahead of UTC, used in the United Kingdom. Abbreviation: BST.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“My smart TV is so smart it doesn't even realise when British Summer Time kicked in. I had to look through an absurdly complicated series of menus to correct it. Just imagine when we rely on technology to get really basic things right.”
“5th May 21:00 Tonight we collab with @meithejiangshi.bsky.social 6th May14:00 We got karaoke with @bobabunnybecks.bsky.social 9th May 15:00 Potential Collab 10th May 19:00 Potential Stream! All times are in British Summer Time! #vsky #batcolony #runaschedule”
(UK, rail transport) , a common name for the InterCity 125.