B
B [B] noun, symbol BrE [biː] NAmE [biː]
noun (also b)(pl. Bs, B's, b'sBrE [biːz] ; NAmE [biːz] )
1. countable, uncountable the second letter of the English alphabet
•‘Butter’ begins with (a) B/‘B’.
2. Bcountable, uncountable (music)the 7th note in the ↑scale of C ↑major
3. Bcountable, uncountable the second highest mark/grade that a student can get for a piece of work
•She got (a) B in/for History.
4. Buncountable used to represent the second of two or more possibilities
•Shall we go for plan A or plan B?
5. Buncountable used to represent a person, for example in an imagined situation or to hide their identity
•Let's pretend A meets B in the park.
see also ↑B-road, see from A to B at ↑A
symbol used in Britain before a number to refer to a particular secondary road
•the B1224 to York
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