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abbreviation

Music. basso continuo.

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 bcc

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Words nearby bc

b-boying, BBQ, BBS, BBSRC, B bursary, bc, BCA, BCAR, bcc, BCD, B.C.E.

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abbreviation

Scuba Diving. buoyancy compensator.

British Columbia, Canada (approved for postal use).

Other definitions for bc (3 of 5)

b.c.

or B.C.

abbreviation

before Christ (used in indicating dates).

usage note for b.c.

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

Other definitions for bc (4 of 5)

B/C

bills for collection.

Other definitions for bc (5 of 5)

B.C.

abbreviation

Bachelor of Chemistry.

Bachelor of Commerce.

bass clarinet.

battery commander.

British Columbia.

How to use bc in a sentence

Of course this was 40 years ago, which to a digital Millennial might as well make it 99 BC.
My Time on the Set of 'Jaws,' or How to Get a Photo of a Frickin' Mechanical Shark|Tom Shales|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The first unambiguous evidence of fortification walls dates from around 4300 BC in what is now Turkey.
War! What Is It Good For? A Lot|Nick Romeo|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For hundreds of years, around the first millennium BC, the house of worship and its home city were renowned as holy sites.
Iraq’s Long-Lost Mythical Temple Has Been Found…and Is In Danger of Disappearing Again|Nina Strochlic|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Later, around 400 BC, they invented faloodeh: rice water, vermicelli, and ice mixed with saffron and/or fruit.
An Investigation Into the Delicious Origins of Ice Cream|Andrew Romano|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Built circa 2700 BC, it is the oldest freestanding mud-brick building in the world.
The Nile: Where Ancient and Modern Meet|William O’Connor|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Machine ab to bc, of the sole piece (fig. 2), open and press the seam.
Needlework Economies|Various
For all permanent purposes bc-fel, or book-skin, was used; either vellum or parchmyn smothe, whyte and scribable.
Old English Libraries|Ernest Savage
Measure the distance bc between the top of the mercury and the closed end of the tube.
General Science|Bertha M. Clark
If we supply the food unit by unit, the utility of the successive increments will decline along the curve BC.
Essentials of Economic Theory|John Bates Clark
It is, in like manner, the absolute utility of the successive increments supplied which declines along the curve BC.
Essentials of Economic Theory|John Bates Clark

British Dictionary definitions for bc

abbreviation for

Also: B.C. (indicating years numbered back from the supposed year of the birth of Christ) before Christin 54 bc Caesar came Compare AD

British Columbia

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Cultural definitions for bc

B.C.

An abbreviation used with dates of events that took place before the birth of Jesus. b.c. stands for before Christ. (Compare a.d.; see b.c.e.)