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• Ce
  Ce

  cerium.
• -ce
  -ce

  a multiplicative suffix occurring in once, twice, thrice.
• c.e.
  c.e.

  abbreviation

  buyer's risk.
• C.E.
  C.E.

  abbreviation

  Chemical Engineer.
• CE
  CE

  abbreviation

  chief engineer

Ce

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. cerium.

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-ce ² American  

1. a multiplicative suffix occurring in once, twice, thrice.

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c.e. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. buyer's risk.

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c.e. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. compass error.

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C.E. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Chemical Engineer.

2. chief engineer.

3. Church of England.

4. Civil Engineer.

5. (in the) Common Era.

6. Corps of Engineers.

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Ce ¹ British  

symbol

1. cerium

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CE ² British  

abbreviation

1. chief engineer

2. Church of England

3. civil engineer

4. Common Entrance

5. Common Era

6. Communauté Européenne (European Union)

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CE Scientific  

1. Abbreviation for Common Era.

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Etymology

Origin of -ce²

Middle English, Old English -es adverb suffix, originally genitive singular ending; see -s ¹

Origin of c.e.³

From Latin cāveat emptor “may the buyer beware”

Example Sentences

Rising investment, including in data centers, is also expected to support demand, CE noted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Between 750 and 900 CE, the Maya lowlands in Central America went through a dramatic drop in population and political power.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Nick Turley, head of Old Hutton CE Primary School, said since her death the community had come together to show they "really care about each other".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

While the country has ample reserves of crude oil, it is heavily reliant on imports of other petroleum products from the region, said Marcel Thieliant, head of Asia-Pacific at CE.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Water-wheels were known to the ancient Greeks and Romans but were far from common; thanks to an early medieval proto-industrial Revolution, they quickly became widespread around the end of the first millennium CE.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton