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BBC English

BBC English proper noun: a form of received pronunciation formerly used in British broadcasting.

Proper noun

BBC English

  1. (UK) A form of received pronunciation formerly used in British broadcasting.

Questions about BBC English

What does BBC English mean?
BBC English means a form of received pronunciation formerly used in British broadcasting.
What part of speech is BBC English?
BBC English is a proper noun.

Words near BBC English in the dictionary

  1. BBBMs
  2. BBBs
  3. BBBW
  4. BBBWs
  5. BBC
  6. BBC English
  7. BBC-esque
  8. BBCesque
  9. BBCode
  10. BBCs
  11. BBD

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BBC English (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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