BC


Meaning of BC in English

You use ~ in dates to indicate a number of years or centuries before the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born. Compare AD .

The brooch dates back to the fourth century ~.

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .