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  bc

  abbreviation

  basso continuo.
• BC
  BC

  abbreviation

  buoyancy compensator.
• B/C
  B/C

  bills for collection.
• b.c.
  b.c.

  abbreviation

  before Christ (used in indicating dates).
• B.C.
  B.C.

  abbreviation

  Bachelor of Chemistry.

bc

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Music. basso continuo.

2. blind copy: used as a notation on the copy of a letter or other document sent to a third person without the addressee's knowledge. Also

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BC ² American  

abbreviation

1. Scuba Diving. buoyancy compensator.

2. British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use).

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B/C ³ American  

1. bills for collection.

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b.c. ⁴ American  

Or B.C.

abbreviation

1. before Christ (used in indicating dates).

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B.C. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Chemistry.

2. Bachelor of Commerce.

3. bass clarinet.

4. battery commander.

5. British Columbia.

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BC British  

abbreviation

1. Also: B.C..  (indicating years numbered back from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) before Christ Compare AD

   in 54 bc Caesar came

2. British Columbia

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Usage

The abbreviation b.c. “before Christ” is always placed after a date or century: Cleopatra lived from 69 to 30 b.c. The war took place in the first century b.c. See also a.d. ¹

Example Sentences

"Watching multiple kids is hard! Bc there's so many of them and you only have two eyes!! It's a very sad situation going on and my heart goes out to @janamduggar love you."

From Fox News • Dec. 13, 2021

Bc he was the one wounded I presume?

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2018

“Bc good acting performance matters more than humanity, human integrity! Bc poor kid rly needs the help!”

From Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2017

"Bc easy with him," put in Egan from the next cot.

From Soldiers Three - Part 2 by Kipling, Rudyard

A third type of circuit, also fourfold, is represented by the arrows Bc Cn Nc Cb.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur