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nb

nb is the abbreviation of nobody.

nb is the initialism of no ball.

nb is the initialism of nota bene.

nb is the alternative form of NB.

Meaning of nobody

Pronoun

nobody

  1. Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
    • I asked several people, but nobody knew how.

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Meaning of no ball

Noun

no ball (plural no balls)

  1. A ball delivered by a bowler in violation of any of the various laws; the extra run then credited to the batting side; the signal, with an arm outstretched, then made by the umpire.
    • Henry bowled three no-balls in his spell of 3-78.

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Phrase capitalized: NB

NB

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nota bene; used in written English to introduce something to be noted.
    • NB: Do not write below this line.

Adjective capitalized: NB

NB (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of northbound.
    • Park Avenue and 42nd Street Prohibit parking on the NB lanes to provide 2 RT / 1 LT lanes; adjust signal timing to provide protected NB movement.2001, East Side Access in New York, Queens, and Bronx Counties, New York, and Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York: Environmental Impact Statement, page 50
    • Prior to rubblization, severely distressed joints and / or cracks were documented in the NB lanes.2011, Irene K. Battaglia, Investigation of Early Distress in Wisconsin Rubblized Pavements, page 23
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of non-binary.
    • 'If I come up with an idea in a meeting, it gets ignored until one of the guys says the exact same thing and then everybody listens to him. And don't even get me started on how hard it is to get promoted.' 'Being an NB person, I get very used to being misgendered.'2017, Alex Iantaffi, Meg-John Barker, How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 75
    • Sexual health for trans/non-binary people / Service provision
      It is important for all sexual health services to consider how appropriate their set-up is for trans and NB people who may need to attend for care.2019, Laura Mitchell, Bridie Howe, D. Ashley Price, Babiker Elawad, K. Nathan Sankar, Oxford Handbook of GUM and HIV, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 46
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nonblack.
    • The number lying to the right of a given income class indicates the probability of a family, Black (B) and non-Black (NB), living in the designated census tract, earning an income within that income class.1972, Savannah State College (Ga.), Faculty Research Edition of the Savannah State College Bulletin
    • Plaintiffs could argue that their position vis-a-vis the non-black (NB) casuals was discriminatory, […]1994, Employment Practices Decisions

Adverb capitalized: NB

NB (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of northbound.

Noun (1) capitalized: NB

NB (plural NBs)

  1. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of NASA research bomber plane, a prefix code in designations.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of national best.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of newborn.
    • Newborns (NBs) with a birth weight between […]
      An NB is considered large-for-gestational age (LGA) when its weight is greater than the 90th percentile for […]2006, Asim Kurjak, Frank A. Chervenak, Textbook of Perinatal Medicine, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 1348
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of neuroblast.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:NB.
  5. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of neuroblastoma.
    • NBs are also seen in newborns and may be detected in the fetus by antenatal imaging, most often associated with favourable prognostic features. Common sites for primary NB are the adrenal glands (48%), extraadrenal retroperitoneum […]2014, Andy Adam, Adrian K. Dixon, Jonathan H Gillard, Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, Ronald G. Grainger, David J. Allison, Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences...
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nuclear body.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of negative binomial.
  8. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of non-binary.
    • […] instructors could ask students a question Darwin addresses in her research: “how do NBs (nonbinary people) visually convey their gender identity, so as to achieve their desired gender attribution?” […]2023, Sergio A. Cabrera, Stephen Sweet, Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Sociology, page 141

Proper noun capitalized: NB

NB

  1. (Canada, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of New Brunswick: a province of Canada.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of West Nusa Tenggara: a province of Indonesia (from Indonesian Nusa Tenggara Barat).
  3. (Hong-Kong, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Narcotics Bureau.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Numberblocks.

Noun (2) capitalized: nB

nB (plural nB)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of nanobel.

Forms of nb

Phrase
alternative formN.B.
alternative formn.b.
Noun
pluralNBs
pluralnB

Words formed from nb

Questions about nb

What is nb the abbreviation of?
Nb is the abbreviation of nobody.
What part of speech is nb?
Nb can be a phrase, an adjective, an adverb or a noun.

Words near nb in the dictionary

  1. naïvety
  2. naïveté
  3. naïvetés
  4. Našice
  5. Naʼvi
  6. nb
  7. NBA
  8. NBAer
  9. NBAers
  10. NBC
  11. NBC suit

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nb (page history and authors); NB (page history and authors); nB (page history and authors); nobody (page history and authors); no ball (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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