"CE" meaning in English

See CE in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: C.E. [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} CE
  1. Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Common Era (extra: Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.), Current Era (extra: Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.), or Christian Era (extra: Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.) Translations (secularized form of AD — see also AD): b.e. (Azerbaijani), n. l. (Czech), e.v.t. (efter vor tidsregning) (Danish), jaa. (jälkeen ajanlaskun alun) (Finnish), ÈC (ère commune) [feminine] (French), n. d. Z. (nach der Zeitrechnung) (German), n. u. Z. (German), u. Z. (alt: (nach) unserer Zeitrechnung) (German), Κ.Ε. (K.E.) (Greek), i. sz. (Hungarian), aer. vulg. (Latin), aer. comm. (Latin), m.e. (mūsų eros) (Lithuanian), n.e. (nasza era; naszej ery) (Polish), н. э. (n. e.) (Russian), на́шей э́ры (nášej éry) (Russian), н. е. (Serbo-Croatian), E.C. (Era Común) [feminine] (Spanish), vt (vår tideräkning) (Swedish), v.t. (vår tideräkning) (Swedish), e.v.t. (enligt vår tideräkning) (Swedish), ค.ศ. (kɔɔ.sɔ̌ɔ.) (Thai), н. е. (n. e.) [feminine] (Ukrainian), нашої ери (našoji ery) (Ukrainian), ء (Urdu), عیسوی ('esvī) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-CE-en-name-Ya5tKSv3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Calendar Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 20 17 1 3 0 0 16 1 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 12 11 0 4 0 0 9 0 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 21 19 8 2 6 0 0 12 0 12 1 0 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 20 6 1 3 0 0 14 0 14 1 0 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 30 19 13 3 7 1 1 10 1 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 29 19 14 3 7 1 1 10 1 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 37 17 13 2 5 1 0 10 1 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 16 13 1 6 1 1 12 1 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 14 13 1 8 1 1 11 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 15 12 1 5 1 1 11 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 28 14 12 3 7 1 1 11 5 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 29 14 12 3 5 2 1 11 5 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 29 16 15 1 6 1 1 12 1 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 28 16 13 1 6 1 1 12 1 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 15 15 1 7 2 1 12 1 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 15 14 1 5 1 1 11 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 29 19 14 3 7 1 1 10 1 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 18 13 0 7 0 0 14 0 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 20 13 3 7 1 1 10 1 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 37 15 11 1 4 1 1 11 1 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 30 19 13 3 7 1 1 10 1 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 30 20 13 3 7 1 1 10 1 15 Disambiguation of Calendar: 19 5 24 2 22 5 2 9 2 10 Disambiguation of 'secularized form of AD — see also AD': 65 17 15 0 3
  2. Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Church of England (extra: More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.)
    Sense id: en-CE-en-name-8bYbmk3c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 20 17 1 3 0 0 16 1 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 21 19 8 2 6 0 0 12 0 12 1 0 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 20 6 1 3 0 0 14 0 14 1 0 18
  3. Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan"). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Canadian English (extra: also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan")
    Sense id: en-CE-en-name-QPAxVeAy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Calendar Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 20 17 1 3 0 0 16 1 17 Disambiguation of Calendar: 19 5 24 2 22 5 2 9 2 10
  4. Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Ceará (extra: a state of Brazil) Categories (place): Places in Brazil, States of Brazil
    Sense id: en-CE-en-name-zy8zN71S Categories (other): Abbreviations of states of Brazil, Ceará, Brazil
  5. (education) Initialism of Common Entrance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Common Entrance
    Sense id: en-CE-en-name-hz2Tncty Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Education, Calendar Disambiguation of Calendar: 19 5 24 2 22 5 2 9 2 10 Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: AD [time], A.D. [time], e.v. (alt: Era Vulgaris; pseudo-Latin used by Thelemites) [time], C of E [Church-of-England], CanE [Canadian-English], Canadian [Canadian-English]

Noun

Forms: CEs [plural], C.E. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CE (plural CEs)
  1. Initialism of civil engineer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: civil engineer Synonyms (civil engineer): Civ.E., CIV E
    Sense id: en-CE-en-noun-frdtJPPH Disambiguation of 'civil engineer': 92 7 0 0 0
  2. Initialism of computer engineer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: computer engineer
    Sense id: en-CE-en-noun-KeWi4NlM
  3. Initialism of continuing education. Wikidata QID: Q828748 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: continuing education Hypernyms: education
    Sense id: en-CE-en-noun-en:Q828748 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 20 17 1 3 0 0 16 1 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 21 19 8 2 6 0 0 12 0 12 1 0 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 20 6 1 3 0 0 14 0 14 1 0 18
  4. Initialism of capillary electrophoresis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: capillary electrophoresis
    Sense id: en-CE-en-noun-ygCdeTQn
  5. Initialism of close encounter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: close encounter
    Sense id: en-CE-en-noun-9zsrHU5D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Calendar Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 20 17 1 3 0 0 16 1 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 21 19 8 2 6 0 0 12 0 12 1 0 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 20 6 1 3 0 0 14 0 14 1 0 18 Disambiguation of Calendar: 19 5 24 2 22 5 2 9 2 10

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "alt": "B.C.E.",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “time”",
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          "word": "Common Era"
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        {
          "extra": "Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.",
          "word": "Current Era"
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          "extra": "Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.",
          "word": "or Christian Era"
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          "text": "1066 CE."
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              99,
              103
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          "ref": "1901, Nina Davis, Songs of Exile, by Hebrew Poets, page 12:",
          "text": "Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E.",
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          "ref": "2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through Southern and Northern Dynasties Period)”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 2, Yale University Press; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 324:",
          "text": "The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period.",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "n. l."
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "e.v.t. (efter vor tidsregning)"
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "German",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
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          "alt": "(nach) unserer Zeitrechnung",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "roman": "K.E.",
          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "Κ.Ε."
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "i. sz."
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "aer. vulg."
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "m.e. (mūsų eros)"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
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          "roman": "n. e.",
          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "н. э."
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          "roman": "nášej éry",
          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "на́шей э́ры"
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          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "н. е."
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
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          "word": "E.C. (Era Común)"
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "vt (vår tideräkning)"
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "v.t. (vår tideräkning)"
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          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "e.v.t. (enligt vår tideräkning)"
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          "_dis1": "65 17 15 0 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
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          "roman": "kɔɔ.sɔ̌ɔ.",
          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "ค.ศ."
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        {
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
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          "sense": "secularized form of AD — see also AD",
          "word": "ء"
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        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q828748"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q828748"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "capillary electrophoresis"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of capillary electrophoresis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capillary electrophoresis",
          "capillary electrophoresis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "close encounter"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of close encounter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "close encounter",
          "close encounter#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "civil engineer",
      "word": "Civ.E."
    },
    {
      "sense": "civil engineer",
      "word": "CIV E"
    }
  ],
  "word": "CE"
}

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  "called_from": "translations/611",
  "msg": "suspicious translation with '; ': {'lang': 'Polish', 'code': 'pl', 'lang_code': 'pl', 'sense': 'secularized form of AD — see also AD', 'word': 'n.e. (nasza era; naszej ery)'}",
  "path": [
    "CE"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "CE",
  "trace": ""
}

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