OBE

See also: Appendix:Variations of "obe"

English

Proper noun

OBE

1. Initialism of Office of Bilingual Education.
2. (US politics, historical) Initialism of Office of Business Economics, now BEA.
3. Initialism of Oregon Board of Education.
4. Initialism of Ottawa Board Of Education.

Noun

OBE (countable and uncountable, plural OBEs)

1. Initialism of Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
2. Initialism of operating-basis earthquake.
3. Initialism of out-of-body experience.
4. Initialism of outcome-based education.
5. Initialism of one big explanation.
   • 2022 November 27, William Keegan, “Brexit has made Britain the sick man of Europe again”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:

     For this government, the OBE for our economic troubles was first Covid, then Ukraine.

6. (powerkiting slang, humorous) Initialism of out-of-buggy experience.

Adjective

OBE (not comparable)

1. Initialism of overcome / overtaken by events (i.e., now obsolete).

Anagrams

• BEO, BOE, BoE, Boe, EOB, OEB