Obe

adj, name, noun

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Noun

1
Initialism of Officer of the Order of the British Empire. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
2
A particular subdivision of ancient Laconia. historical
"It is probably that the τριακάδες represented ultimate division of the people, like the γένη of Attica; but it is difficult to see how such generic divisions could have born any relation to the local division of the obe."
3
Obsolete form of obeah. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
4
Initialism of operating-basis earthquake. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
5
Initialism of out-of-body experience. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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6
Initialism of outcome-based education. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
7
Initialism of one big explanation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"For this government, the OBE for our economic troubles was first Covid, then Ukraine."
8
Initialism of out-of-buggy experience. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, humorous, initialism, uncountable

Adjective

1
Initialism of overcome / overtaken by events (i.e., now obsolete). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

Proper Noun

1
Initialism of Office of Bilingual Education. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2
Initialism of Office of Business Economics, now BEA. US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
3
Initialism of Oregon Board of Education. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4
Initialism of Ottawa Board Of Education. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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"For this government, the OBE for our economic troubles was first Covid, then Ukraine."

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