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Meaning of CE | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2
/siː/

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.
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  2. Initialism of civil engineer.
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  3. A diminutive of the female given name Celia.
  4. Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
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  5. Initialism of computer engineer.
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  6. Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan").
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  7. Initialism of continuing education.
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  8. Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil.
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  9. Initialism of capillary electrophoresis.
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  10. Initialism of Common Entrance.
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  11. Initialism of close encounter.
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Equivalents

Čeština n. l.
Ελληνικά Κ.Ε.
Français ÈC (ère commune)
Русский н. э. нашей эры
ไทย ค.ศ.
Українська н. е.

Examples

“1066 CE.”
“Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E.”
“The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period.”
“[T]hat spelling, but not the pronunciation, supplies our own name for the letter: “ce” or “cee.””
“"No offense, Celia, but I prefer to travel through my madness in my own space. You'll have to get your own padded room and restraints." "Rude," Ce said, humor in her tone.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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