b
b
1 Americanabbreviation
B
2
American
[bee]
/ bi /
Or
b
noun
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B's,
plural
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Bs,
plural
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b's,
plural
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bs
plural
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the second letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter B or b, as in bid, bauble, or daubed.
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something having the shape of a B .
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a written or printed representation of the letter B or b.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter B or b.
B
4
American
Symbol.
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the second in order or in a series.
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(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.
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(sometimes lowercase) (in some school systems) a symbol designating the second semester of a school year.
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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.
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Music.
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the seventh tone in the scale of C major or the second tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
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a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
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a written or printed note representing this tone.
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(in the fixed system of solmization) the seventh tone of the scale of C major, called ti.
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the tonality having B as the tonic note.
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(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 300.
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Chemistry. boron.
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a proportional shoe width size, narrower than C and wider than A.
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a proportional brassiere cup size, smaller than C and larger than A.
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Physics. magnetic induction.
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Electricity. susceptance.
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a designation for a motion picture made on a low budget and meant as the secondary part of a double feature.
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a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than BB and higher than CCC.
B-
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American
U.S. Military.
b.
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American
abbreviation
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bachelor.
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bale.
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Baseball. base; baseman.
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bass.
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basso.
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bay.
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billion.
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blend of; blended.
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book.
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born.
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breadth.
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brother.
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brotherhood.
B.
7
American
abbreviation
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bachelor.
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bacillus.
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Baseball. base; baseman.
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bass.
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basso.
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bay.
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Bible.
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bolivar.
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boliviano.
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book.
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born.
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breadth.
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British.
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brother.
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brotherhood.
B
1
British
symbol
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music
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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
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a key, string, or pipe producing this note
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the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
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the supporting or less important of two things
the B side of a record
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a human blood type of the ABO group, containing the B antigen
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(in Britain) a secondary road
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the number 11 in hexadecimal notation
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chem boron
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magnetic flux density
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chess bishop
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(on Brit pencils, signifying degree of softness of lead) black Compare H
B
2B
3B
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Also: b. physics bel
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physics baryon number
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balboa
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belga
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bolivar
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photog B-setting
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a person whose job is in middle management, or who holds an intermediate administrative or professional position
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( as modifier ) See also occupation groupings
a B worker
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abbreviation
b
2
British
/ biː /
noun
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the second letter and first consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiced bilabial stop, as in bell
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Also: beta. the second in a series, esp the second highest grade in an examination
B.
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British
abbreviation
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(on maps, etc) bay
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British
b.
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British
abbreviation
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born
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cricket bowled
B-
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abbreviation
b
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British
symbol
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Earlier measurements revealed something puzzling about TOI-561 b.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
The observations indicate that TOI-561 b may be surrounded by a substantial atmosphere, although its conditions would be far too hostile for life as we know it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
The findings instead indicate that TOI-561 b reflects approximately 75% of the starlight reaching it, a remarkably high proportion comparable to Venus.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
The subject of this study, HD 3167 b, is noticeably cooler than its expected maximum, providing strong evidence that it has an atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
If she’d had a million dollars to bet on the odds of each answer, she would have put it all on a or b.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Around 70 Oph B, they were excluded within half an astronomical unit.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, James B was left rueing one final mistake in a long but valiant catalogue of misjudgements throughout the series.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Pool B #7 Marymount at #6 Los Alamitos, 12 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
In contrast, Cardi B is a history buff fascinated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency and the lasting impact of Eleanor Roosevelt.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
Mrs. B waved as I skipped down her driveway.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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
The B- rating is constrained by a number of factors, including Argentina’s international liquidity position, as well as high inflation and a record of macroeconomic instability, Fitch said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
S&P Global assigned Strategy a B- issuer credit rating with stable outlook in October.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Miranda couldn’t afford a replacement, and his social studies teacher, unimpressed with the script he submitted, awarded him a B-.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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
Consider the two solutions from part b.: λ1 and λ2.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
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
The inscription turned out to be a date: September 3,32 b. c. , in today’s calendar.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Unlike some luxury brands, LuxExperience has limited exposure to traditional luxury strongholds like China, where demand has softened, said Anna Glaessgen, a senior research analyst covering the consumer sector at investment bank B. Riley Securities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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
The laboratory research was led by Sweta B. Patel, PhD, and involved collaborations with University of Colorado Anschutz researchers, including Angelo D'Alessadro, PhD and Julie Reisz Haines, PhD, along with additional collaborators from several institutions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 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 would apologize, I decided, but I had not abandoned my resolve to avoid any possible pain or public humiliation at Ernest B. Lawson Elementary School.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
B’s on a report card are not allowed in his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 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
The song was called Killer B's, inspired by stories of deadly insects invading the US from Brazil.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Mrs. B’s words might have been blunt, but she hadn’t said it like the way I always called Tamika an annoying evil scientist.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
He had always been a good student, securing almost all A’s with a few Bs sprinkled in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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
Alleah got three Cs, three Bs and an A, allowing her to go to Bridgend College to study performing arts.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2024
Her grades are all the way down to Bs because of the time she has to spend waiting on her Senior Marthas.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
However, analyses by both teams conclude that Gliese 12 shows no signs of such extreme behaviour, raising hopes that Gliese 12 b's atmosphere may still be intact.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
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.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2023
“SAME tone deaf energy as this bs from the start of the pandemic,” said a different user.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Mark Morgioni The concept of tests is also bs.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2020
“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
A is the condition of in-sinking of the sternal surface and consequent enclosure of the lamelligerous surface of the appendage in a chamber with narrow orifice—the pulmonary air-holding chamber. pl, Pulmonary lamellae. bs, Blood sinus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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