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BC
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BC
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BC
abbreviation
or chiefly US
B.C.
BC
abbreviation
or chiefly US
B.C.
Learner's definition of BC
before Christ
—
used to refer to the years that came before the birth of Jesus Christ
550
B.C
.
in the fifth century
B.C
. [=between the years 499 and 400
B.C.
]
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