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Meaning:

abbreviation:

  • Bengkulu, a province of Indonesia.
  • Berlin, a federal state of Germany.

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initialism:

  • Bachelor of Engineering.
  • Buddhist Era
  • linguistics Black English

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Verb:

  • intransitive To occur, to take place.
  • archaic Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs. Often still used for ''to go''
  • transitive|auxiliary Used to form future tenses, especially the future subjunctive.
  • transitive|auxiliary Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
  • transitive|auxiliary Used to form the passive voice.
  • intransitive To occupy a place.
  • without predicate elliptical form of for "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
  • without predicate To exist.
  • impersonal Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
  • copulative|mathematics Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
  • copulative Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
  • copulative Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
  • copulative Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
  • copulative Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
  • Used to indicate age.
  • Used to indicate height.
  • Used to indicate temperature.
  • Used to indicate time of day, day of the week, or date.
  • With ''since'', used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.

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