b.c.e.

1. 1.

   of the period before the Common Era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians

   “in 200 BCE”

   SynonymsBCE

Questions about b.c.e.

What does b.c.e. mean?

b.c.e. means "of the period before the Common Era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians".

How many syllables are in b.c.e.?

b.c.e. has 1 syllable: b.c.e..

What is another word for b.c.e.?

Close synonyms include BCE. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is b.c.e. a common word?

b.c.e. is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.