B.C.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Chemistry.

2. Bachelor of Commerce.

3. bass clarinet.

4. battery commander.

5. British Columbia.

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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  

Or B.C.

abbreviation

1. before Christ (used in indicating dates).

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B/C ⁴ American  

1. bills for collection.

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bc ⁵ 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 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

Sundays, a Vancouver, B.C.-based furniture store, opened its first U.S. showroom Friday.

From Seattle Times

LNG Canada project already under construction, a proposed export terminal adjoining the small-scale Tilbury LNG facility and the early-stage Ksi Lisims LNG project in northern B.C will fall under the new rule.

From Reuters

Teaching wasn't my Plan B, C, or D. Still, a few evening classes paid bills and fit my night-owl nature.

From Salon

“I’ve never heard of anyone leaving the workforce due to menopause. Maybe b/c everyone I know HAS to work,” tweeted another.

From Washington Post

Behind nearly every “surprise success” that actually took years to pull together, there is a producer with a Plan A followed by B, C, D, E and so on.

From Los Angeles Times