bc — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

cool, moist

VERB + BC

born, cooking, created, founded, hippocrates, line, show

BC + NOUN

ad, city, hong, peru, washington

PREP.

down, from, from, in, in

Definitions

adv

1

Initialism of Before Christ.

The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 BC to AD 220.

[...]Hi vang, King of Yen and of Corea, was defeated, taken and killed in the Year 259 before the Birth of Chriſt, according to the Chineſe Hiſtory, and Tſin vang was acknowledged for Emperor of all China by the Name of Tſin chi hoang ti.

name

1

Initialism of British Columbia: a province of Canada.

2

Initialism of Baja California: a state of Mexico.

3

Initialism of Boston College.

4

Initialism of Baguio City.

noun

1

Initialism of birth control.

2

Initialism of benzalkonium chloride.

3

Initialism of battlecruiser.

4

Initialism of backward compatibility.

This would be a BC-breaking change.

5

Initialism of border collie.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 BC to AD 220.

Wiktionary

02

[...]Hi vang, King of Yen and of Corea, was defeated, taken and killed in the Year 259 before the Birth of Chriſt, according to the Chineſe Hiſtory, and Tſin vang was acknowledged for Emperor of all C

Wiktionary

03

This would be a BC-breaking change.

Wiktionary

04

Christ was born in 4 BC.

Tatoeba · #63100

05

Newton thought the world had been created in 4000 BC.

Tatoeba · #926897

06

Let H be the base of the perpendicular drawn from point A to the line BC.

Tatoeba · #2799129

Usage Notes

i Register

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