"BCT" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: BCTs [plural], B.C.T. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BCT (plural BCTs)
  1. (military) Initialism of brigade combat team. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: brigade combat team
    Sense id: en-BCT-en-noun-EYVxwxlS Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (military) Initialism of battalion combat team. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: battalion combat team Coordinate_terms (battalion combat team): BTG
    Sense id: en-BCT-en-noun-G1913m~0 Categories (other): Military, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'battalion combat team': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ABCT [military, war, government, politics], HBCT [military, war, government, politics], IBCT [military, war, government, politics], LBCT [military, war, government, politics], MBCT [military, war, government, politics] Related terms: CCT [military, war, government, politics], CT [military, war, government, politics], DCT [military, war, government, politics], PCT [military, war, government, politics], RCT [military, war, government, politics], SCT [military, war, government, politics]

Inflected forms

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