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n.b.

n.b. is the abbreviation of nota bene.

Meaning of nota bene

Phrase

nota bene

  1. (imperative) Take special note; used to add an aside or warning to a text.
    Synonyms:
    nota

See all 3 meanings of nota bene

Phrase capitalized: N.B.

N.B.

  1. Alternative letter-case form of n.b..

Proper noun capitalized: N.B.

N.B.

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of New Brunswick: a province of Canada.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of North Britain.

Forms of n.b.

alternative formN.B.
alternative formNB

Questions about n.b.

What is n.b. the abbreviation of?
N.b. is the abbreviation of nota bene.
What part of speech is n.b.?
N.b. can be a phrase or a proper noun.

Words near n.b. in the dictionary

  1. N. Zealand
  2. N. Zealander
  3. N. Zealanders
  4. n.a.
  5. N.A.S.A.
  6. n.b.
  7. N.B.C.
  8. N.B.C.s
  9. N.C.
  10. n.d.
  11. N.D. Ala.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: n.b. (page history and authors); N.B. (page history and authors); nota bene (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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