BC

Initialism of board-certified.

Adjective

  1. Initialism of board-certified.

Adverb

  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...

Origin

Calque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau.

Synonyms

BCE

Antonyms

a.d. AD A.D. CE

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of British Columbia: a province of Canada.

    Coordinate Terms: AB MB NB NL NS NT NU ON PE QC SK YT

  2. Initialism of Baja California: a state of Mexico.
  3. Initialism of Boston College.
  4. Initialism of Baguio City.

Derived

BC Coast BCer BC Interior Coast of BC Interior of BC

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.
  6. Initialism of borough council.

Forms

BCs