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Meaning of B, b in English

B, b
noun
uk
/biː/ us
/biː/
plural Bs, B's or b's

B, b noun (LETTER)

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[ C or U ]
the second letter of the English alphabet
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B, b noun (MUSIC)

[ C or U ]
a note in Western music:
Bach's Mass in B minor
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B, b noun (MARK)

[ C or U ]
a mark in an exam or for a piece of work that shows that your work is good but not excellent:
I was a little disappointed just to be given a B, as I was hoping for an A.
I got B for physics last term.
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b
US (UK bn)
written abbreviation for billion
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b.
written abbreviation for born :
John Winston Lennon (b. 9 October 1940, Liverpool, d. 8 December 1980, New York).
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(Definition of B, b from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

B | American Dictionary

B
noun
us
/bi/

B noun (LETTER)

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[ C ] (also b) plural B’s, Bs, b’s or bs
the second letter of the English alphabet

B noun (MUSICAL NOTE)

[ C/U ]   music   plural B’s or Bs
in Western music, the seventh note in the scale (= series of notes) that begins on the note C, or a set of notes based on this note

B noun (MARK)

[ C ] plural B’s or Bs
a mark that means very good, given to something of satisfactory quality, esp. school work:
Mrs. Madden gave me a B on my essay for English.
(Definition of B, b from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

b | Business English

b
noun
US
uk
us
(UK bn)
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written abbreviation for billion :
The company lost $3b last year.
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字母, （英文字母表的第二個字母）, 音樂…
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字母, （英语字母表的第二个字母）, 音乐…
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segunda letra del abecedario inglés:, B, b…
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segunda letra do alfabeto, B, b…
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英字アルファベットの第2字, 朝食（ちょうしょく）付（つ）きの民宿（みんしゅく）…
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segona lletra de l’alfabet anglès: B, b…
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seconda lettera dell’alfabeto inglese…
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