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Bc

//biːˈsiː// adj, adv, conj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of board-certified. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    Initialism of Before Christ. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

    "The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 BC to AD 220."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of BC (Before Christ) alt-of
Adverb
  1. 1
    before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born wordnet
Conjunction
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of because. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of British Columbia: a province of Canada. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Baja California: a state of Mexico. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Boston College. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Baguio City. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of birth control. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    basso continuo
  3. 3
    Initialism of benzalkonium chloride. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    bodycam
  5. 5
    Initialism of battlecruiser. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Initialism of blind copy, a shortening of blind carbon copy. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of backward compatibility. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "This would be a BC-breaking change."

  3. 8
    Initialism of border collie. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of borough council. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, often, uncountable

Etymology

Calque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau.

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