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BCG

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of birth control glasses, US military or prison issued eyeglasses, often regarded as ugly.
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only, slang
  2. Initialism of bacillus of Calmette and Guérin (“Bacille Calmette-Guérin”), a vaccine for tuberculosis developed by Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin.
  3. Initialism of Boston Consulting Group, a large US management consulting firm.
  4. Initialism of brightest cluster galaxy.
  5. Initialism of blue compact galaxy.

Equivalents

EspañolBCG
FrançaisBCG
РусскийБЦЖ
2 more languages
Bahasa IndonesiaBCG

Examples

“BCG's role was more extensive than it had publicly described, according to people familiar with the project[…].”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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