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ce

/siː/

ce is the alternative form of cee.

Meaning of cee

Noun

cee (plural cees)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.
    • I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170
  2. Something shaped like the letter C, such as a cee spring.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: CE

CE

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.
    • 1066 CE.
    • Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E.1901, Nina Davis, Songs of Exile, by Hebrew Poets, page 12
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan").
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Common Entrance.

Noun capitalized: CE

CE (plural CEs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of civil engineer.
    Synonyms:
    Civ.E., CIV E
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of computer engineer.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of continuing education.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of capillary electrophoresis.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of close encounter.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ce

Ce

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Celia.
    • "No offense, Celia, but I prefer to travel through my madness in my own space. You'll have to get your own padded room and restraints."
      "Rude," Ce said, humor in her tone.2023, Sam Cheever, Wedding Blitz

Synonyms of ce

Antonyms

Forms of ce

Noun
pluralces
pluralCEs
Proper noun
alternative formC.E.

Words that rhyme with ce

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Questions about ce

What does ce mean?
Ce means a diminutive of the female given name Celia.
What is ce the alternative form of?
Ce is the alternative form of cee.
What part of speech is ce?
Ce can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce ce?
Ce is pronounced /siː/.

Words near ce in the dictionary

  1. CDU
  2. CDUs
  3. CDW
  4. CDWM
  5. CDWs
  6. ce
  7. CEA
  8. ceacum
  9. ceacums
  10. Ceadîr-Lunga
  11. Ceahlău

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ce (page history and authors); CE (page history and authors); Ce (page history and authors); cee (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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