"GB" meaning in English

See GB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. Initialism of Great Britain. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Great Britain
    Sense id: en-GB-en-name-DGfPP3bY
  2. Initialism of Gilgit-Baltistan. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Gilgit-Baltistan
    Sense id: en-GB-en-name-VKudMQeT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 11 3 4 4 2 7 7 2 21 24 5 9
  3. Abbreviation of Green Bay in Wisconsin, USA. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Green Bay in Wisconsin, USA
    Sense id: en-GB-en-name-wu-Xmlas
  4. Initialism of Game Boy. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Game Boy
    Sense id: en-GB-en-name-4qHcAIY6 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  5. (chemistry, military) Initialism of German agent B (US designation for the nerve gas sarin). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: German agent B (extra: US designation for the nerve gas sarin) Categories (topical): Chemistry, Military
    Sense id: en-GB-en-name-B62jPPcw Topics: chemistry, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  6. Initialism of Guantanamo Bay. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Guantanamo Bay
    Sense id: en-GB-en-name-lcG5LCRX
  7. (linguistics) Initialism of Government and Binding. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Government and Binding Categories (topical): Linguistics

Noun

Forms: GBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} GB (plural GBs)
  1. (anatomy) Initialism of gallbladder. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: gallbladder Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-GB-en-noun-SnaBc1Zw Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (informal, pharmacology) Initialism of goofball (“barbiturate”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism Alternative form of: goofball (extra: barbiturate) Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs
    Sense id: en-GB-en-noun-3N3ZCVdC Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  3. (crystallography) Initialism of grain boundary. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: grain boundary Categories (topical): Crystallography Translations (gigabyte): Go (French), გბაიტი (gbaiṭi) (Georgian), გბ (gb) (Georgian), ጊባ (giba) (Tigrinya)
    Sense id: en-GB-en-noun-oMuFInj1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 11 3 4 4 2 7 7 2 21 24 5 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 11 1 1 3 1 4 6 1 34 21 3 13 Topics: chemistry, crystallography, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'gigabyte': 15 25 60

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} GB
  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of God bless. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: God bless Categories (topical): Nintendo
    Sense id: en-GB-en-phrase-aEUhI49w Disambiguation of Nintendo: 3 12 4 5 2 4 5 5 2 14 29 7 9 Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Tigrinya translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 11 3 4 4 2 7 7 2 21 24 5 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 14 4 1 3 6 4 7 2 17 25 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 15 3 1 3 4 3 8 1 21 26 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 12 2 2 3 1 5 6 1 24 30 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 17 10 3 2 3 4 4 5 4 16 23 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Tigrinya translations: 1 14 2 2 3 2 4 6 1 20 34 3 9

Symbol

Head templates: {{head|en|symbol|head=}} GB, {{en-symbol}} GB
  1. (computing, formal) Abbreviation of gigabyte. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, formal Alternative form of: gigabyte Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-GB-en-symbol-0obMIQbj Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing, informal) Abbreviation of gibibyte. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Alternative form of: gibibyte Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: GiB
    Sense id: en-GB-en-symbol-3peCgP3f Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 2 4 7 2 5 3 11 5 4 11 13 6 27 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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        "Initialism of grain boundary."
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        "(crystallography) Initialism of grain boundary."
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        "Initialism of Guantanamo Bay."
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          "word": "Government and Binding"
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        "(linguistics) Initialism of Government and Binding."
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