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Adverb

afternoon (not comparable)

1. Initialism of before Common Era or Christian Era

   Socrates was tried and executed in the year 399 BCE.

Synonyms

• AEV, BC

Antonyms

• CE

Translations

• French: av.n.è. (avant notre ère); AEC, AÈC, aèc (avant l'ère commune)
• German: v. u. Z. (vor unserer Zeitrechnung)
• Russian: до н. э.

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