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Meaning of ba | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
/ᵐba/

Definitions

  1. A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.
    Egyptian
  2. Father, baba.
    colloquial, singular-normally
  3. A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.
    historical, singular-normally, uncountable
  4. Abbreviation of bathroom.
    abbreviation, alt-of, singular-normally
  5. A province of Fiji. Capital: Lautoka.
  6. Abbreviation of bass guitar (of a rock band)
    Japan, abbreviation, alt-of
  7. Initialism of Bachelor of Arts.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  8. Initialism of British Airways.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  9. Initialism of business analyst.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  10. Initialism of Buenos Aires: a province of Argentina.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  11. Initialism of breast augmentation.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  12. Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name).
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  13. Initialism of Basic Authentication.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  14. Abbreviation of Bali: a province of Indonesia.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  15. Abbreviation of Bahia: a state of Brazil.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  16. Initialism of bongkrek acid.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  17. Initialism of breathing apparatus.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Examples

“Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore and repress his experience.”
“But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive.”
“The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing.”
“2 beds, 1 ba”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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