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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "a.d."
},
{
"word": "AD"
},
{
"english": "anno Domini, Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord",
"word": "A.D."
},
{
"english": "Christian Era, Common Era, Current Era",
"word": "CE"
}
],
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},
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{
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{
"word": "Before Christ"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 44 2 3 3 7 9 3 10 11",
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"Time",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"text": "The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 BC to AD 220."
},
{
"ref": "[1739 [1735], P. Du Halde, “Geographical Obſervations on the Kingdom of Corea”, in The General History Of China, 2nd edition, volume IV, →OCLC, page 388",
"text": "[...]Hi vang, King of Yen and of Corea, was defeated, taken and killed in the Year 259 before the Birth of Chriſt, according to the Chineſe Hiſtory, and Tſin vang was acknowledged for Emperor of all China by the Name of Tſin chi hoang ti.]",
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}
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"glosses": [
"Initialism of Before Christ."
],
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"links": [
[
"Before",
"before#English"
],
[
"Christ",
"Christ#English"
]
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"word": "BCE"
}
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"alt-of",
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "q. m.",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "ق. م."
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qabla l-mīlād",
"sense": "before Christ",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "قَبْلَ الْمِيلَاد"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "m.tʿ.a.",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "մ.թ.ա."
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "Kʿ.a.",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "Ք.ա."
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "edC"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "e.ə. (eramızdan əvvəl)"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "da N. X.",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "да Н. Х."
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "da nášaj éry",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "да на́шай э́ры"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pr. Hr.",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "пр. Хр."
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "aC"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gung¹ jyun⁴ cin⁴",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "公元前"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zyu² cin⁴",
"sense": "before Christ",
"tags": [
"Christian"
],
"word": "主前"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngyuánqián",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "公元前"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔqián",
"sense": "before Christ",
"tags": [
"Christian"
],
"word": "主前"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "紀元前"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìyuánqián",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "纪元前"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "f.Kr. (før Kristus)"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "v. Chr. (voor Christus)"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "a.K. (antaŭ Kristo)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "eKr. (ennen Kristusta / ennen Kristuksen syntymää)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "av. J.-C."
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "av. JC (avant Jésus-Christ)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "av. n. è."
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "avant notre ère"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒv. c̣.",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "ძვ. წ."
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "v. Chr. (vor Christus, vor Christo)"
},
{
"alt": "προ Χριστού (pro Christoú)",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "p.Ch.",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "π.Χ."
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "לפנה״ס"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ī.pū.",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "ई॰पू॰"
},
{
"alt": "ईसा पूर्व (īsā pūrv)",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ī.pū.",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "ई.पू."
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "Kr. e. (Krisztus előtt)"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "fyrir Krist",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "f.Kr."
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "SM (Sebelum Masehi)"
},
{
"code": "it",
"english": "avanti Cristo",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "a.C."
},
{
"alt": "きげんぜん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kigenzen",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "紀元前"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mɔɔkɔɔsɑɑ",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "ម.គ.ស."
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mun krɨh saʼkraac",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "មុនគ្រិស្តសករាជ"
},
{
"alt": "紀元前",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "giwonjeon",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "기원전"
},
{
"code": "la",
"english": "ante Christum",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "a. C."
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "before Christ",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "[older] a. Chr. n. / a. C. (ante Christum natum)"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "p.n.e",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "п.н.е"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "SM (Sebelum Masihi)"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "Q.K. (Qabel Kristu)"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "Doodaatsaahii tʼah bítséedi"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "kaɓla wakati rilio nuwo (kabla wakati rilio nuwo)"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "f.Kr. (før Kristi fødsel)"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "f.Kr."
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "przed Chr. (przed Chrystusem)"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "[obsolete] p.n.Chr. (przed narodzeniem Chrystusa)"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "a.C."
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "antes de Cristo",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "A.C."
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "î.Hr. (înainte de Hristos)"
},
{
"alt": "до Рождества́ Христо́ва",
"code": "ru",
"english": "do R. Xr.",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "до Р. Хр."
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "do n. e.",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "до н. э."
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "do nášej éry",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "до на́шей э́ры"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "RC (ro Chrìosda)"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "a. de J. C. (antes de Jesucristo)"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "a. C."
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "antes de Cristo",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "a. de C."
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "KK (kabla ya Kristo)"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "f.Kr. (före Kristus)"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "U.K. (Una kay Kristo)"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "MÖ (Milattan önce)"
},
{
"alt": "до Різдва́ Христо́вого",
"code": "uk",
"english": "do R. Xr.",
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"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "до Р. Хр."
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "do n. e.",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "до н. е."
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "do nášoji éry",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "до на́шої е́ри"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "قبلِ مسیح"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "before Christ",
"word": "قبل از مسیح"
}
]
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"Initialism of Boston College."
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"Initialism of birth control."
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"Initialism of benzalkonium chloride."
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"(chemistry) Initialism of benzalkonium chloride."
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"(US, navy) Initialism of battlecruiser."
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"(software) Initialism of backward compatibility."
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "hi",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "before Christ",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sw",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "before Christ",
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