CE

Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.
    • 1066 CE.
    • Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E. - 1901, Nina Davis, Songs of Exile, by Hebrew Poets, page 12:
    • 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. - 2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through...
  2. Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
  3. Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan").
  4. Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil.
  5. Initialism of Common Entrance.

Forms

C.E.

Synonyms

AD A.D. e.v. C of E CanE Canadian

Antonyms

BCE

Noun

  1. Initialism of civil engineer.
  2. Initialism of computer engineer.
  3. Initialism of continuing education.

    Hypernyms: education

  4. Initialism of capillary electrophoresis.
  5. Initialism of close encounter.

Forms

CEs C.E.

Synonyms

Civ.E. CIV E