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NB¹

phrase N.B. · n.b.

  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

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable 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.
  2. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable 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.'
  3. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of nonblack 1972, Savannah State College (Ga.), Faculty Research Edition of the Savannah State College Bulletin 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 c

adverb

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of northbound

noun 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 […]
  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 […]
  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?” […]

proper noun

  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

nb²

pronoun

  1. Internet, abbreviation Abbreviation of nobody i hate when i text in the gc and nb replys^([sic])

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of no ball

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of nota bene

adjective

  1. alternative, not comparable Alternative form of NB (“non-binary”).

nB³

noun nB

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of nanobel

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: niobium, uvb, ta, sn, cant, pride, ti, lrr, zr, note, take note, attention, heads-up, reminder, important, mark

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phrase nota bene

中文注意 zhu yi

name New Brunswick

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@misc{nb_2026,
  title = {nb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}