"BE" meaning in English

See BE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} BE (not comparable)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of board-eligible. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: board-eligible
    Sense id: en-BE-en-adj-O0qrak1p Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BE
  1. Abbreviation of Berlin: a state of Germany. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Berlin (extra: a state of Germany) Categories (place): Places in Germany, States of Germany
    Sense id: en-BE-en-name-U1Ww9NNW Categories (other): Abbreviations of political divisions
  2. Abbreviation of Bengkulu: a province of Indonesia. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Bengkulu (extra: a province of Indonesia) Categories (place): Places in Indonesia, Provinces of Indonesia
    Sense id: en-BE-en-name-YW7aWyxL Categories (other): Abbreviations of provinces of Indonesia, Bengkulu, Indonesia
  3. (linguistics) Initialism of Black English. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Black English
    Sense id: en-BE-en-name-oFDD7DoC Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Paraphilias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 1 22 33 32 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 9 2 17 37 31 4 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 1 7 0 11 30 30 21 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. Initialism of Buddhist Era. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Buddhist Era
    Sense id: en-BE-en-name-t9hEtYLq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Paraphilias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 1 22 33 32 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 9 2 17 37 31 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 9 1 9 40 35 5 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 1 7 0 11 30 30 21

Noun

Forms: BEs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} BE (countable and uncountable, plural BEs)
  1. Initialism of Bachelor of Engineering. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Bachelor of Engineering
    Sense id: en-BE-en-noun-aJ3NJ5gg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Paraphilias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 1 22 33 32 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 1 9 2 17 37 31 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 9 1 9 40 35 5 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 1 7 0 11 30 30 21
  2. (paraphilia) Initialism of breast expansion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: breast expansion
    Sense id: en-BE-en-noun-epYx9uLh Categories (other): Paraphilias, Paraphilias Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 1 7 0 11 30 30 21

Inflected forms

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