"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 Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-BE-en-adj-O0qrak1p Topics: medicine, sciences

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BE
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of Black English. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Black English Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-BE-en-name-oFDD7DoC Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 28 48 16 1 5
  3. Abbreviation of Berlin, a federal state of Germany. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Berlin (extra: a federal state of Germany)
    Sense id: en-BE-en-name-gr8DiYfF
  4. Abbreviation of Bengkulu, a province of Indonesia. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Bengkulu (extra: a province of Indonesia)
    Sense id: en-BE-en-name-Q~e-L6Ze

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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for BE meaning in English (3.2kB)

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