BCE


Meaning of BCE in English

/ ˌbiː siː ˈiː; NAmE / (also B.C.E. especially in NAmE ) abbreviation

before the Common Era (= before the birth of Christ, when the Christian calendar starts counting years. BCE can be used to give dates in the same way as BC ) :

in (the year) 2 000 BCE

the third century BCE

—compare AD , BC , CE

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.