B | English meaning

B

noununcountable

The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.
The grade of pencil, “black”, that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.UK, usually
The number of balls faced by a batsman.
Bass.
Bastard.Australia, euphemistic, usually
Bitch.euphemistic, usually
A B cell.
A personality type describing people who are relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A.
Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
The alternate or secondary part, such as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with ‘A’, which is the primary part.
The seventh note in the C major scale.
A major chord having the notes B–D♯–F♯ as the root, third, and fifth; the major scale with B as its keynote.

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In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.

Company A is trying to play us off against Company B in a severe price-war.

proper noun