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  noun

  the second letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• B-
  B-

  (in designations of aircraft) bomber.
• b.
  b.

  abbreviation

  bachelor.
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  B.

  abbreviation

  bachelor.

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b

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Physics.

   1. bar; bars.

   2. barn; barns.

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B ² American  

[bee] / bi /

Or b

noun

• B's,
  plural
• Bs,
  plural
• b's,
  plural
• bs
  plural

1. the second letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter B or b, as in bid, bauble, or daubed.

3. something having the shape of a B .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter B or b.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter B or b.

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B ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Chess. bishop.

2. Black. Also b

3. Photography. bulb.

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B ⁴ American  

Symbol.

1. the second in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark, as in school or college, indicating the quality of a student's work as good or better than average.

3. (sometimes lowercase) (in some school systems) a symbol designating the second semester of a school year.

4. Physiology. a major blood group usually enabling a person whose blood is of this type to donate blood to persons of type B or AB and to receive blood from persons of type O or B.

5. Music.

   1. the seventh tone in the scale of C major or the second tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.

   2. a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.

   3. a written or printed note representing this tone.

   4. (in the fixed system of solmization) the seventh tone of the scale of C major, called ti.

   5. the tonality having B as the tonic note.

6. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 300.

7. Chemistry. boron.

8. a proportional shoe width size, narrower than C and wider than A.

9. a proportional brassiere cup size, smaller than C and larger than A.

10. Physics. magnetic induction.

11. Electricity. susceptance.

12. a designation for a motion picture made on a low budget and meant as the secondary part of a double feature.

13. a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than BB and higher than CCC.

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B- ⁵ American  

U.S. Military.

1. (in designations of aircraft) bomber.

   B-29.

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b. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. bachelor.

2. bale.

3. Baseball. base; baseman.

4. bass.

5. basso.

6. bay.

7. billion.

8. blend of; blended.

9. book.

10. born.

11. breadth.

12. brother.

13. brotherhood.

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B. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. bachelor.

2. bacillus.

3. Baseball. base; baseman.

4. bass.

5. basso.

6. bay.

7. Bible.

8. bolivar.

9. boliviano.

10. book.

11. born.

12. breadth.

13. British.

14. brother.

15. brotherhood.

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B ¹ British  

symbol

1. music

   1. a note having a frequency of 493.88 hertz ( B above middle C ) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the seventh note of the scale of C major

   2. a key, string, or pipe producing this note

   3. the major or minor key having this note as its tonic

2. the supporting or less important of two things

   the B side of a record

3. a human blood type of the ABO group, containing the B antigen

4. (in Britain) a secondary road

5. the number 11 in hexadecimal notation

6. chem boron

7. magnetic flux density

8. chess bishop

9. (on Brit pencils, signifying degree of softness of lead) black Compare H

   B

   2B

   3B

10. Also: b. physics bel

11. physics baryon number

12. balboa

13. belga

14. bolivar

15. photog B-setting

16. 1. a person whose job is in middle management, or who holds an intermediate administrative or professional position

    2. ( as modifier ) See also occupation groupings

       a B worker

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abbreviation

1. Belgium (international car registration)

b ² British  

/ biː /

noun

1. the second letter and first consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiced bilabial stop, as in bell

3. Also: beta. the second in a series, esp the second highest grade in an examination

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B. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. (on maps, etc) bay

2. British

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b. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. born

2. cricket bowled

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B- ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. bomber

   B-52

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b ⁶ British  

symbol

1. chess See algebraic notation

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• B's
  plural
• Bs
  plural
• b's
  plural
• bs
  plural

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Elias 2-24 b, by comparison, orbits about 10 times farther from its star.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

"Elias 2-24 b shows us that even our best planet-formation models are still missing some important processes."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

That analysis ultimately confirmed the object as Elias 2-24 b.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Their observations took advantage of an unusual event in which LHS 1140 b and another planet crossed in front of their star during the same night.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Just wanted u guys to know that I thnk ur the two most amazing people in the world and Im glad we got to b such good friends for a while.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

The Times’ editors mischievously assigned the story to one of their war correspondents, Chester G. Hanson, who chronicled the maneuvers of the “Arizona Navy,” consisting of a single ferryboat, the Julia B.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

To ensure Zuckerberg remains sufficiently invested in the company, the committee “stapled” 80% of his Class C shares, meaning that Zuckerberg cannot sell them unless he also sells his supervoting Class B shares.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

“For those of us whose life circumstances have created options A, B, C, D, E, F and G, she might have options A and B,” El-Sayed said of the anecdote, which couldn’t be independently verified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

It meant in the space of five seasons from Fabregas' arrival as a player, Como had gone from Serie B to the Champions League.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“We could be hated together. Start a band. Everyone Hates B and E. Get posters made! Hah! If you decide to stay.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

In May, Fitch Ratings upgraded Argentina to B- from CCC+, following October elections which saw current President Javier Milei emerge with a stronger popular mandate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Giving an A for effort but B- for execution, the Hollywood Reporter's Angie Han said, external Elle is "cute enough" but doesn't make sense.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

S&P Global assigned Strategy a B- issuer credit rating with stable outlook in October, five notches below the lowest rung of investment grade.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

At the Bloomberg event on Wednesday night, Peters gave the company a B- on its gaming efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

She holds my current grades by two fingers: D, C, B-, D, C-, C, A. No basketball team for me, because the A was in art, so my GPA is a whopping 1.7.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

In 2018, the Moscow Zoo launched a Blakiston’s fish owl breeding program, which currently is made up of two B. b. blakistoni females, one in Moscow and another at the Sakhalin Island Zoo.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2021

“I drive Kansas interstates frequently, and I know that they are doing an excellent job, a. keeping the ditches mowed and b., keeping our roads clear and safe,” said Claeys.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2019

As noted in part b. each value of αn represents a valid solution, and the general solution is a sum of all these solutions.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

Use b. to determine how fast costs are increasing when t = 2 weeks.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

The inscription turned out to be a date: September 3,32 b. c. , in today’s calendar.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The essay unfolds as a tent revival for the already converted, with the writers Wes Jackson, Scott Russell Sanders and Robert B. Weeden raising their hands to affirm and extend Berry’s thesis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

His father, the prolific actor beloved for roles in “Saving Private Ryan,” “Forrest Gump” and “Toy Story,” received the Globes’ Cecil B. Demille award later that evening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to French scientist Henri B. Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai for providing a solution to the chemical mystery of life's asymmetry.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“It’s so wonderful that she put thought into it,” said Jennifer B. Goode, senior national director of the wealth-strategies group at Bernstein Private Wealth Management.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

I’m emailing Ron B. Tully at Foglamp Investigators, because I remembered something while I was collecting litter on my way to school earlier.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Since her breakout semi-final performance at the Miami Open last year, Eala has re-ignited interest in tennis in the Philippines, a country obsessed with the three B's - basketball, boxing and beauty queens.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Beyond Beyoncé, Eminem and The Weeknd headlined, but one of the other standouts was Cardi B’s TLC-inspired performance on the main stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

“We don’t want to be portrayed as: ‘Students don’t want to get B’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

“I mean, I got some B’s in math in school, so yeah, I’m aware of the math there,” he said, acknowledging the swing nature of his vote.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

“I got two B’s in a row on my spelling tests,” I told him.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

Aiming for a place studying criminology with psychology at the University of the West of England in Bristol, Caitlin Giffard, also from Swansea, needs three Bs.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Summer is a season of Bs: beaches, barbecues, baseball—and blockbusters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Only eight banks got Bs, while the majority got Cs; 36 got Ds.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

“If we think there are risks, depending on our analysis of the context, we have fallback scenarios. There are plan Bs and plan Cs,” Macron said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

Joey is the valedictorian, having earned all As and Bs, except for a single C in geometry.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

What do you think HD 3167 b's atmosphere is made of?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Despite orbiting at such a vast distance from its host stars, the James Webb Space Telescope was able to study VHS 1256 b's atmosphere and found evidence of several intriguing compounds — including water.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2023

Johansen says AB Aurigae b’s position in one of the disk’s spiral arms could indicate either creation mechanism.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 3, 2022

The same process eliminates b = 15 and, one by one, all of the b’s greater than 12.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 28, 2021

It was because she has trouble saying words sometimes, especially beginnings, like b’s and t’s and k’s.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

"This won't be the last failure of this nature so long as people are rewarded for pushing this bs," he said.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2023

But he has also been dismissive, as he was as recently as Dec. 20, when he tweeted, “Bitcoin is almost as bs as fiat money.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2021

Plaskett took note of all this attention and even retweeted a message that said “@StaceyPlaskett is all of us right now listening to the bs in #CohenHearing.”

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2019

“Hey Joe, my buddy was offered an eli game used helmet and jersey. Are these the bs ones eli asked you to make up because he didnt want to give up the real stuff?”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2017

IV Breast-fin: sg shoulder-zone, ax fin-axis, ss double lines of fin-rays, bs additional rays, sch plates.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

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