Definition of 'NB'
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nb in British English
cricket
abbreviation for
no ball
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Nb in British English
the chemical symbol for
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Nb in American English 1
Bible
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Nb in American English 2
Chemistry
niobium
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n.b. in American English
note well
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Word origin
L nota beneWord Frequency
Nb in American English
the chemical symbol for
niobium
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N.B. in American English
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NB
British English: NB
/ɛn biː/ ABBREVIATION
You write NB to draw someone's attention to what you are going to write next.
- American English: NB /ɛn ˈbi/
- Arabic: مُلَاحَظَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: observação nota
- Chinese: 附注
- Croatian: NB
- Czech: pozn. poznámka
- Danish: NB
- Dutch: NB
- European Spanish: nota
- Finnish: huom.
- French: NB
- German: NB
- Greek: Σημ.
- Italian: NB
- Japanese: 注意せよ
- Korean: 주의
- Norwegian: NB
- Polish: nawiasem mówiąc
- European Portuguese: observação nota
- Romanian: nota bene
- Russian: принять к сведению
- Latin American Spanish: nota
- Swedish: obs
- Thai: หมายเหตุ
- Turkish: dikkatinize
- Ukrainian: Увага
- Vietnamese: lưu ý
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