B.C.E.

American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering.

2. Bachelor of Christian Education.

3. Bachelor of Civil Engineering.

4. before (the) Common Era.

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BCE British  

abbreviation

1. Before Common Era (used, esp by non-Christians, in numbering years _bc )

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BCE Scientific  

1. Abbreviation for before the Common Era.

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B.C.E. Cultural  

1. An abbreviation sometimes used in place of b.c. It means “before the Common Era.”

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Example Sentences

When they died, around 510 B.C.E., they were nearly 2 meters tall and buried 10 kilometers apart in two fine graves, surrounded by gilded drinking horns, rich cloth, and finery of gold, amber, and ivory.

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B.C.E., when they suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of the Byzantine Empire—the Avars shifted away from their nomadic lifestyle and settled in villages and farmed cereal crops.

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Radiocarbon dating showed the site’s earliest walls and houses were built around 6000 B.C.E.

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Comparing pottery to known sites in the region, the researchers estimated the enclosures dated to between 1550 B.C.E. and 1200 B.C.E.

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Researchers have dated the scroll to the 6th century B.C.E., but it’s believed to be a copy of a much older text.

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