BB, b /biː/ noun (plural B’s, b’s) 
I got a B in history.4[uncountable] used to refer in a short way to one of two different things or people. You can call the first one A: the advantages and disadvantages of choosing product A or B → plan B at plan1(6)5B4509/B1049 etc the name of a road in Britain that is smaller than an A-road6[uncountable] a common type of blood → from A to B at A1(6), → B-movie, B-side, B-road
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- She earned mostly B's this semester.
WORD SETS
A, nounABC, nounalpha, nounalphabet, nounalphabetical, adjectiveampersand, nounapostrophe, nounasterisk, nounB, nounbeta, nounblock capitals, nounblock letters, nounbrace, nounbracket, nounbracket, verbC, nouncapital, nouncapital, adjectivecapitalize, verbcaps, cedilla, nouncircumflex, nounclause, nouncolon, nouncomma, nounconsonant, nounCyrillic, adjectiveD, noundash, noundelta, noundiacritic, nounditto, nounE, nounexclamation mark, nounF, nounG, noungamma, nounGothic, adjectivegrave, adjectiveH, nounhyphen, nounI, nounIPA, nounJ, nounK, nounL, nounletter, nounlower case, nounM, nounN, nounNHS, the, O, nounoblique, nounomega, nounP, nounparenthesis, nounperiod, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounpunctuation mark, nounQ, nounquestion mark, nounquestion tag, nounquotation mark, nounR, nounrune, nounS, nounschwa, nounscript, nounsemicolon, nounslash, nounsmall, adjectivespeech marks, nounsquare bracket, nounstar, nounstenography, nounstress mark, nounT, nountilde, nounU, nounumlaut, nounupper case, nounV, nounvowel, nounW, nounX, nounY, nounZ, nounzed, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Hiring a car was the best way to get from A to B.
Hiring a car was the best way to get from A to B. British English:· Applicants must have Grade A, B, or C in two GCSE subjects.
American English (=one who usually gets an A, B, or C for their work)· He was an A student all the way through high school.
(=a particular type of vitamin)
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► E flat/B flat/A flat etc► A minus/B minus etc► A plus/B plus etc
1[countable, uncountable] the second letter of the English alphabet2[countable, uncountable] the seventh note in the musical scale of C major or the musical key based on this note3[countable] a mark given to a student’s work to show that it is good but not excellent: - It doesn't have to be fancy - I just need a car to get me from A to B.
- An eagle looking down from above implies a threat whereas a heron flying from A to B suggests a more peaceable purpose.
- First, good generalization from A to B can be readily explained in terms of mediation by the associate.
- For at least fifteen hours a day they get us from A to B and take our body weight.
- I, I showed him our product and I said we have to go from A to B with this project.
- The arrow will point from A to B in the functional dependency illustrated in the definition.
- The wavelength of the light increases as it passes from A to B for two reasons.
- If the bus doesn't run on Sunday, then plan B is to drive up and pick her up.
- Plan B can be designed to help you from becoming the victim of an organisation. 20.
- Plan B sprang to life as technicians, supervisors and even branch manager, Neil Gibson got stuck in.
- Plan B was no plan and we were off to Condoriri.
- Plan B was no plan, and with no plan could not really fail.
- A professional Plan B is a systematic thought-out plan of action for furthering your career that includes the following steps.
- Always have a plan B in case your original choice becomes impractical for any reason.
- Finding no road, we leave the terrarium on steroids to enact Plan B, which begins in Oracle.
- Maybe we had better start looking around for a Plan B.
I got a B in history.4[uncountable] used to refer in a short way to one of two different things or people. You can call the first one A: the advantages and disadvantages of choosing product A or B → plan B at plan1(6)5B4509/B1049 etc the name of a road in Britain that is smaller than an A-road6[uncountable] a common type of blood → from A to B at A1(6), → B-movie, B-side, B-road