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BNF

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Backus-Naur form.
  2. Initialism of Big Name Fan, a famous member of fandom; a celebrity fan.
  3. Initialism of Backus normal form.

Equivalents

FrançaisBNF

Examples

“Could we write⟳ BNF for this instead of trying to describe⟳ it in text?”
“COMING NEXT ISH: A department devoted to the BNF of tomorrow. 'Twill be the neofan of today who is the Tucker or Laney of tomorrow. So QUANDRY, the BNZ of tomorrow, will bring⟳ you biografies^([sic]) of lesser known fen.”

CEFR level

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