Eu27
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Collectively, the twenty-seven member states of the EU between 2007 and 2013, after Bulgaria and Romania joined the union. historical, uncountable
"Another long-term concern is that despite its low tax regime, the southern part of Cyprus also scores badly on many competitiveness indicators. It is only 23rd in the EU27 in the World Economic Forum's Global Comptetitiveness Report 2007-2008, and is the 55th out of the 131 countries."
- 2 Collectively, the twenty-seven member states of the EU after 2020, after the United Kingdom left the union. uncountable
"The long-anticipated article 50 letter, hand-delivered by Sir Tim Barrow, the UK’s EU ambassador, to the European council president, Donald Tusk, stressed that the British government’s prime desire was to maintain a “deep and special partnership” with the EU27."
Example
More examples"Another long-term concern is that despite its low tax regime, the southern part of Cyprus also scores badly on many competitiveness indicators. It is only 23rd in the EU27 in the World Economic Forum's Global Comptetitiveness Report 2007-2008, and is the 55th out of the 131 countries."
Related phrases
More for "eu27"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.