B.E.F.

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. British Expeditionary Force; British Expeditionary Forces.

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bef. ² American  

abbreviation

1. before.

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BEF British  

abbreviation

1. British Expeditionary Force, the British armies that served in France and Belgium 1914–18 and in France 1939–40

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Example Sentences

Ultravox’s Midge Ure takes on David Bowie’s “Secret Life of Arabia,” which he dedicates to the late Billy Mackenzie who originally sang it for B.E.F.

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Marsh has left B.E.F. and Ware is happy to augment his keyboards with guitars.

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The British Electric Foundation, often abbreviated to B.E.F., created the template for modern pop 25 years too early.

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Their side-project B.E.F. took classic soul songs and, working with a range of singers, recreated them using technology that was just starting to become available.

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The spectacular results have been re-released in a set “1981-2011: B.E.F.”

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