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Meaning of MBE | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Member of the Order of the British Empire, a British honour originally intended for non-combatants in World War One.
  2. Initialism of molecular-beam epitaxy.
  3. Initialism of Master of Bioscience Enterprise.
  4. Initialism of management by exception.

Examples

“Taken on by the Guardian (then the Manchester Guardian) after winning the Observer's crossword-setting competition two years running, he was later made an MBE for services to the newspaper industry.”

CEFR level

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